Declaring the Project for Generating Electric Power from the Waters of the Nahr al-Barid as a Public Utility

Type

Law

Date of the text

15/01/1946

Official Gazette

published in 1946

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This law declares a hydroelectric generation and high-voltage distribution project using the Nahr al-Barid waters, within a defined area inside Lebanon, to be of public benefit so that its concession may be granted. It gives the concessionaire the expropriation rights available to government and municipalities, sets a

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law/1953 of 11/11/1953, articles 1

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1946. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.