General Regulation on the Use and Protection of Animals in the Levant States under French Mandate

Type

Decision

Number

263

Date of the text

17/10/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

13

What it provides

This decree sets general rules for the use of pack and draught animals to carry people, goods and animals in the Levant under French mandate, fixing maximum loads per animal and passenger numbers and weights for vehicles, banning reins for loaded carts and protecting animals from injurious gear.

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.