Completion of Article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 196 issued on 24-7-1942 concerning the purchase of real estate by foreigners

Type

Decree-Law

Number

51

Date of the text

21/06/1943

Official Gazette

published in 1943

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This legislative decree replaces Article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 196 on foreigners' purchase of real estate, declaring void any contract violating it and cancelling related land registry entries, with fines and imprisonment for brokers and straw persons who facilitate such transactions.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1943. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.