Amendment of the Parliamentary Elections Law of 10 August 1950, as amended by Decree-Law No. 6 of 4-11-1952

Type

Decree-Law

Number

37

Date of the text

18/02/1953

Official Gazette

published in 1953

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

Amends the 1950 parliamentary elections law: sets a single voting day for all districts, allowing separate dates per governorate for security reasons, repeals two paragraphs of Article 21, and makes voting compulsory for registered male voters with fines for absence without excuse.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1953. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.