Decree-Law on the Regime of Judges and Judicial Assistants

Type

Decree-Law

Number

8

Date of the text

15/12/1954

Official Gazette

published in 1954

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

53

What it provides

This legislative decree regulates the appointment of judges in Lebanon, distinguishing permanent judges from probationary judges. It sets eligibility conditions such as nationality, age, legal qualification and examination, the appointment procedure by decree on the justice minister's proposal, the oath of office, and

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 0/1959 of 25/02/1959, articles 46

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1954. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.