Registration of Personal Status Documents

Type

Law

Date of the text

07/12/1951

Official Gazette

published in 1951

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

44

What it provides

This law regulates the recording of personal status documents on births, marriages, divorces, annulments, deaths, changes of residence and changes of religion or sect, specifying who prepares them, how they must be written and certified, and the issuance of certified copies on written request. It also requires that com

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 203/1993 of 02/03/1993, articles 32, 33, 34
• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 15738/1964 of 11/03/1964, articles 40
• Partly repealed by Law enacted by Decree No. 15738/1964 of 11/03/1964, articles 40
• Amended by Law No. 0/1956 of 18/12/1956, articles 6, 8, 33
• Partly repealed by Law/1956 of 18/12/1956, articles 6, 8, 33
• Partly repealed by Law No. 70/1971 of 22/12/1971, articles 34

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1951. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.