Seizure of Property of Enemy Subjects, Placing It Under Judicial Sequestration and Obligation to Declare It

Type

Decision

Number

221

Date of the text

08/09/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

16

What it provides

This decision provides for seizing the goods, cash and movable assets of enemy-owned businesses and placing them under judicial custody, with lists of such businesses compiled by the economic adviser and the court president ordering the seizure and appointing a custodian.

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.