Establishment of an Office in Syria and Lebanon for Sending Money of Declared Value

Type

Decision

Number

1038

Date of the text

26/09/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

14

What it provides

This decree establishes a postal service in Syria and Lebanon for sending banknotes, jewellery and other valuables with a declared value, sets the types of value covered and a guarantee limit of one hundred Syrian pounds per item, punishes false declarations, and lays down rules for how the value is written and how env

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 3/1931 of 14/01/1931, articles 8, 9

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.