Establishment of the Court of Cassation

Type

Decision

Number

954

Date of the text

15/07/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This decree establishes the Court of Cassation in Greater Lebanon, seated in Beirut, as the supreme court with jurisdiction over Greater Lebanon and, temporarily, over the Alawite territory and the autonomous Sanjak of Alexandretta, and keeps its existing members in office.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1921. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.