Personal Status Law of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox and Procedures before It

Type

Law

Date of the text

02/04/1952

Official Gazette

published in 1952

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

153

What it provides

This law sets out the personal status rules for members of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, beginning with the regulation of betrothal as a church contract, including its conditions, impediments, and the age of the parties.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1952. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.