Law on the Distribution of the Lands of Anjar Among Their Refugee Occupants

Type

Law

Number

40

Date of the text

02/12/1963

Official Gazette

published in 1963

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This law voids the rights of Alexandretta refugees in Anjar lands allotted to them and cancels them in the land registry if they left Lebanon permanently within ten years of taking possession. The lands are then distributed free of charge to refugee occupants by decree, registered as their private property, and shielde

What has changed this text

• Corrected by Law enacted by Decree No. 17213/1964 of 21/08/1964, articles 1

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.