Setting the date on which laws and decrees become effective

Type

Decree-Law

Number

9

Date of the text

21/11/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This decree sets when laws and decrees take effect in Lebanon: generally eight days after publication in the Official Gazette, and for decrees not addressed to the general public, from the date of notification. It also allows the period to be shortened in urgent cases and repeals contrary provisions.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 16/1943, articles 1
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 16/1943 of 13/04/1943, articles 1

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.