Concerning Dealings in Syrian Currency

Type

Decision

Number

339

Date of the text

31/08/1920

Official Gazette

published in 1921

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree places the districts of Baalbek, Hasbaya, Rashaya and the Bekaa under the currency law of the Western Territory, requiring taxes, fees and government revenues to be collected in Syrian currency. It also sets how earlier collection notices and the conversion of Egyptian or gold-denominated amounts into Syria

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.