Decree-Law on Prohibiting the Slaughter of Female Cattle Under Eight Years of Age on the Territory of the Lebanese Republic

Type

Decree-Law

Number

181

Date of the text

21/05/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This decree bans slaughtering female cows under eight years old anywhere in Lebanon, allowing veterinary inspectors an exception for cows with incurable injury or disease whose meat is fit for consumption, and sets prison and fine penalties for violators, harsher on repeat offences, with confiscation of the slaughtered

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.