Amendment of Decisions No. 129 and No. 302 on the Syrian Currency and Authorisation to Draw Up Long-Term Contracts in Currencies Other Than the Syrian Currency

Type

Decision

Number

1137

Date of the text

01/01/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decision amends two earlier decrees on the Syrian currency, allowing commercial contracts, sales and leases with maturities of 45 days or more to be drawn in foreign currency, and sets how such debts are settled in Syrian pounds at the local buying rate.

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.