Decree publishing the urgent draft law referred to the Parliament adding certain provisions to the Emergency Law (Legislative Decree No. 27 of 16-2-1953, as ame

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

16898

Date of the text

13/08/1957

Official Gazette

published in 1957

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This decree publishes an urgent bill amending the emergency law so that the supreme military authority can place selected personnel under military disciplinary rules, broadens the confiscation power attached to military requisitions, and adds forced residence to the power to expel suspects.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1957. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.