Requisition of Persons in Time of War or External Tension

Type

Decision

Number

198

Date of the text

31/08/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

13

What it provides

This decision allows the mandate authorities to requisition Lebanese and Syrian men over eighteen for passive defence work in wartime or during external tension, either temporarily or permanently, and sets out how requisition orders are issued and monitored by local committees.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.