Decree-Law concerning the Council of State

Type

Decree-Law

Number

137

Date of the text

28/01/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

16

What it provides

This decree organizes the Shura Council as the body adjudicating administrative disputes, setting its composition, the status of its members, and the appointment of its judges and clerks. It also allows the Council to give purely advisory opinions on drafting or harmonizing laws and regulations.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 220/1942 of 25/09/1942, articles 2

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1942. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.