Legislative Decree on Regulating Excavation Works for Laying Public Service Lines in Roads and Their Shoulders

Type

Decree-Law

Number

68

Date of the text

09/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

10

What it provides

This decree regulates excavation within road expropriation limits to lay, reinforce and maintain public utility lines such as water, electricity, telephone and sewers. It sets where these lines are placed, creates an easement over adjoining private property in return for fair compensation, and requires a work programme

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.