Prohibition of Flight over Certain Areas of the Territory of the Eastern States under the French Mandate

Type

Decision

Number

162

Date of the text

03/08/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree bans, for military reasons, all aircraft from flying over specified zones in the Levant mandate territories, exempts French military aircraft and licensed foreign military craft, and allows occupants of aircraft that enter prohibited zones to be referred to military courts for espionage.

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.