Obligation to Submit a Compulsory Declaration of Stocks of Raw or Ginned Cotton

Type

Decision

Number

48

Date of the text

28/02/1941

Official Gazette

published in 1941

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

7

What it provides

This decree requires anyone storing raw or ginned cotton above a set bale weight to declare the quantities held, and bars sales above that threshold without authorization from the supply or foreign trade authorities, with penalties and confiscation of cotton sold unlawfully.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1941. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.