Prohibition of Capital Export and Exchange Transactions During War or Their Regulation

Type

Decision

Number

338

Date of the text

03/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decision prohibits capital export in any form except under a licence granted on conditions set by implementing decrees, requires licensed exchange operations to go through Banque de Syrie et du Liban or approved banks, and imposes fines and prison sentences for violations along with seizure and inspection powers.

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 55/1940 of 20/03/1940, articles 3, 2

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.