Combating fraud

Type

Decree-Law

Number

54

Date of the text

29/07/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

32

What it provides

This decree-law defines fraud in the sale of goods, such as misrepresenting products, their origin or quantity, misleading advertising, and selling expired products, and it assigns inspection and enforcement powers to consumer protection officials and several state agencies.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 659/2005 of 04/02/2005

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.