Protection of military personnel and the population against rabies

Type

Decision

Number

86

Date of the text

03/05/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This decree bans stray dogs everywhere and sets rules for destroying stray dogs and cats when rabies appears, for impounding biting animals under observation, and for sending heads to the rabies institute and treating people bitten by animals.

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.