Establishment of a Department for Commercial Ships, Sea Ports and Coastal Fishing Attached to the Public Works Department of the High Commissariat of the French

Type

Decision

Number

949

Date of the text

09/07/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

7

What it provides

This decree creates a department for merchant ships, seaports and coastal fishing under the director of public works, responsible for regulating navigation, registering ships, and supervising port operations and coastal fishing in Syria and Lebanon.

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.