Law establishing an exchange office and exchange control office in the Ministry of Finance

Type

Law

Date of the text

07/09/1948

Official Gazette

published in 1948

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law repeals the legislative decrees No. 11 and 12 of 1944 and establishes within the Ministry of Finance a foreign exchange office and currency control body staffed by Lebanese nationals, allowing the government to organize currency control temporarily by decree issued in the Council of Ministers.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1948. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.