Amendment of certain provisions of the law organising the Sunni and Ja'fari Sharia judiciary

Type

Law

Number

406

Date of the text

12/01/1995

Official Gazette

published in 1995

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law allows, exceptionally and once only, the Prime Minister to transfer the head of the Supreme Jaafari Sharia Court from his post or place him at the disposal of the government, notwithstanding any other provision; it amends the law organizing the Sunni and Jaafari Sharia judiciary.

What has changed this text

• Repealed by Decision No. 2/1995 of 27/02/1995

Constitutional Council

Its constitutionality was challenged before the Constitutional Council in:

• Decision No. 2/1995 of 25/02/1995
• Decision No. 1/1995 of 11/02/1995

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1995. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.