Prohibition of Syrian and Lebanese Nationals from Volunteering in Foreign Armies

Type

Decision

Number

311

Date of the text

27/11/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree prohibits Lebanese and Syrian nationals from volunteering in foreign armies and allows collective fines to be imposed on the towns or villages where violators live, with set amounts and collection rules.

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.