Expropriation of real estate required for military needs on behalf of states, governments or municipalities of the Levant under the French Mandate

Type

Decision

Number

79

Date of the text

17/04/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree subjects compulsory purchases of real estate by states, governments or municipalities of the French-mandated Levant for military needs to the earlier decree on requisitions. It places the purchased property in the public domain, exempts its transfer in the land register from fees, and designates officials t

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.