Decree-Law prohibiting the sale and consumption of sweets made from wheat, barley, or white and yellow maize flour

Type

Decree-Law

Number

259

Date of the text

01/12/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

Prohibits the sale and consumption of sweets made from wheat, barley or maize flour from 1 December 1942, with fines and imprisonment for violators, made mandatory on repeat offences.

What has changed this text

• Corrected by Decree No. 0/1942 of 16/12/1942
• Corrected by Decree No. None/1942 of 16/12/1942, articles 1

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.