Decree-Law on Establishing the Social Rehabilitation Service

Type

Decree-Law

Number

155

Date of the text

12/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

16

What it provides

This decree-law creates the Social Welfare Development Authority, attached to the Ministry of Social Affairs, to set and monitor a long-term social development plan, grant aid and loans to social projects, implement state social projects, and steer vocational education. It also defines its independent funding sources.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 10826/1962 of 09/10/1962, articles 11

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.