Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Property and All Other Types of Confiscation

Type

Law

Number

550

Date of the text

20/10/2003

Official Gazette

published in 2003

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

13

What it provides

This law allows the Minister of National Defense, during war, a declared military zone or a state of emergency, to temporarily seize movable property or real estate by reasoned decision. It sets up first-instance and appeal valuation committees, appointed by the Ministry of Justice in each governorate, to fix compensat

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2003. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.