Law Assigning the Army the Maintenance of Security

Type

Law

Number

37

Date of the text

10/06/1971

Official Gazette

published in 1971

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

11

What it provides

This law sets the rules for assigning the army to internal security, establishing that internal security rests with the civilian authority, identifying the civilian officials empowered to order army deployment and the required form of such orders, requiring the military to stay in contact with civilian authorities, and

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 4398/1972, articles 3, 7
• Partly repealed by Law enacted by Decree No. 4398/1972 of 24/11/1972, articles 3

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1971. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.