Lawsuits Brought Before Consular Courts or Courts Established Under International Capitulations

Type

Decision

Number

294

Date of the text

24/10/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This decision repeals article 14 of two 1923 and 1924 decrees on the composition of certain courts, and sets how cases falling under consular or foreign-privilege courts are brought, allowing the parties by agreement to refer them to Lebanese or Syrian courts staffed only by local judges.

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.