Amendment of Decision No. 200-L.R of 21-12-1933, as Amended by Decision No. 186-L.R of 15-12-1937, on Expropriations Carried Out for the French State (Ministrie

Type

Decision

Number

251

Date of the text

24/09/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree amends rules on expropriations carried out for the French military and naval ministries in Mandate-territory Levant states. It lets authorities suspend expropriation proceedings during wartime, and sets the consequences for owners, including compensation when property is taken quickly.

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.