Organisation of the Internal Security Forces

Type

Decree-Law

Number

54

Date of the text

05/08/1967

Official Gazette

published in 1967

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

232

What it provides

This decree organizes the Internal Security Forces as an armed public force responsible for public safety, order and law enforcement, placing them under the Minister of Interior and applying military rules with exceptions, defining their administrative and judicial police roles, and listing their components: the gendar

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 47/1988 of 04/07/1988, articles 119
• Amended by Law No. 1/1987 of 06/01/1987, articles 15, 37
• Partly repealed by Law No. 17/1990 of 06/09/1990
• Repealed by Law No. 17/1990 of 06/09/1990
• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 1459/1971 of 08/07/1971, articles 1, 5, 11, 12, 19, 48, 54, 56
• Partly repealed by Law enacted by Decree No. 1459/1971 of 08/07/1971, articles 1, 5
• Amended by Law No. 15/1972 of 15/12/1972, articles 129
• Amended by Law No. 9/1978 of 21/02/1978
• Partly repealed by Law No. 9/1978 of 21/02/1978, articles 128
• Amended by Decree No. 10873/1976 of 30/12/1975

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1967. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.