Protection of the Civilian Population from Aerial Bombardment

Type

Decision

Number

366

Date of the text

18/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree requires building owners, agents, caretakers and tenants of shelters to keep basements and underground refuges open during air-raid alerts and admit outsiders as capacity allows. It also lets civil defence officers enter premises after an alert to fight fires and lets municipalities carry out urgent repairs

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1940. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.