Law Considering the State Represented by the Public Prosecution in All Nationality Cases

Type

Law

Number

68

Date of the text

04/12/1967

Official Gazette

published in 1967

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

7

What it provides

This law assigns disputes over registering unregistered persons' nationality claims exclusively to the primary courts, makes the Lebanese state the principal party with the public prosecution joining, confirms earlier nationality decisions, and sets the jurisdiction of ordinary courts over urgent nationality disputes.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 28/1977 of 12/04/1977, articles 7
• Amended by Law No. 11/1979 of 21/12/1979, articles 81

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.