Establishment of Circulation Throughout Syria of the Paper Currency Issued by the Bank of Syria

Type

Decision

Number

302

Date of the text

03/08/1920

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

14

What it provides

This decree makes the Syrian currency issued by the Bank of Syria the official legal tender in the eastern territories of Syria, sets its denominations, issuance and backing arrangements, and requires public administrations and utilities to accept it, excluding the qadas of Baalbek, Rashaya, Hasbaya and the Bekaa that

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.