Regulation of Pigeon Breeding for Private Use in Wartime in the Eastern Territories under French Mandate and Protection of Military Carrier Pigeons

Type

Decision

Number

312

Date of the text

05/11/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This decree regulates pigeon keeping in the Levant territories under French mandate during wartime, requiring owners of military carrier pigeons and domestic pigeon houses to declare them to the military authority or gendarmerie. It bans keeping carrier pigeons, using them to carry messages, and training them for long

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.