Legislative Decree Determining the Width of the Territorial Sea and the Areas Closed to Maritime Navigation

Type

Decree-Law

Number

138

Date of the text

16/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This decree sets Lebanon's territorial sea at twelve nautical miles and allows zones closed to navigation within it, with fines for violations.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.