Right of Foreigners to Acquire Immovable Property

Type

Decision

Number

79

Date of the text

08/08/1941

Official Gazette

published in 1941

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

7

What it provides

This decision bars foreigners from concluding real property transactions in the Levant, such as transfers of ownership, creation of real rights or leases exceeding nine years, without prior authorization from the delegate, declares non-compliant deeds void, and imposes fines on notaries and officials who authenticate t

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.