Decree-Law concerning the designation of the judicial authority

Type

Decree-Law

Number

165

Date of the text

20/04/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This decree sets the civil court of appeal as the body that decides which court has jurisdiction when a dispute arises between religious (sharia) courts and other judicial courts, whether the disagreement is positive or negative.

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.