Imposition of a Medical Certificate before Marriage

Type

Decree-Law

Number

78

Date of the text

09/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This decree-law requires people seeking to marry to obtain a recent medical certificate before the marriage contract is concluded before any religious or civil authority. It obliges the officiant to verify the certificates and record this, imposes a fine for violations, and subjects doctors who issue false certificates

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 334/1994 of 18/05/1994

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.