Applying in Syria and Lebanon the French Law of 13 August 1940 on Secret Societies

Type

Decision

Number

242

Date of the text

30/09/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decision applies in Syria and Lebanon the French 1940 law on secret societies, dissolving such associations, placing their assets under judicial liquidation, and punishing those who keep them alive or reconstitute them with imprisonment and fines.

What has changed this text

• Amended by High Commissioner Decision No. 109/1941 of 14/05/1941, articles 3

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.