Gherbal National Gazette

Decree-Law No. 37

Introducing a tax on land

Type
Decree-Law
Number
37
Date of the text
26/03/1940
Official Gazette
published in 1940
Status today
Repealed as of 27/08/2026
Articles
22

What it provides

This legislative decree imposes a land tax across Lebanon on all land except built property, exempting roads, rivers, public and municipal properties serving the public, cemeteries, places of worship and unexploited common land. It is an apportionment tax whose annual amounts are set per district and then distributed a

What has changed this text

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.

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