Facilitating the Circulation of the Syrian Currency

Type

Decision

Number

265

Date of the text

01/01/1921

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree requires banks, money changers, brokers and other financial dealers to buy and sell exchange bills only in Syrian currency, except bills on Egypt, bars them from recirculating Egyptian banknotes, and sets prison and fine penalties for violators.

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.