Law Implementing the Draft Law on the System of Measurement

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

13686

Date of the text

23/08/1963

Official Gazette

published in 1963

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

14

What it provides

This law makes the metric decimal system mandatory in Lebanon, setting its base and secondary units. It prohibits other units of measurement in commercial dealings, contracts, invoices, advertising and official transactions, under penalty of a fine.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1963. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.