Exceptional Provisions Concerning the Status of Officers in the Army

Type

Decree-Law

Number

1

Date of the text

08/12/1982

Official Gazette

published in 1982

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

10

What it provides

This decree allows army officers of any rank to resign within a two-month window, with the government accepting or rejecting each resignation by decree. It sets how the retirement pensions of resigning officers are calculated and lets the government retire, dismiss or transfer certain officers to civil posts.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 40/1983 of 16/06/1983, articles 8
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 38/1985 of 23/03/1985, articles 4

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1982. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.