Amendment of the Sharia Courts System

Type

Decree-Law

Number

120

Date of the text

12/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This legislative decree amends the Sharia courts system, reorganising the composition of the higher Sharia courts and the appointment of judges when a court cannot be formed, the conditions for appointing judicial assistants, and the disciplinary council, while creating a Sunni primary Sharia court in Baalbek and Herme

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.