Decree-Law on Representing the Interests of Lebanese Residing in Territories Occupied by the Enemy

Type

Decree-Law

Number

201

Date of the text

20/08/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree-law governs the representation of Lebanese nationals living in territories occupied by enemy powers who have no legal agent in Lebanon or a friendly or neutral state. It lets the primary court appoint a judicial guardian to protect their interests and, where useful to the absent person, approve earlier acts

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.