Law Placing into Effect the Draft Law Regularising Building Violations and Amending Certain Articles of the Building Law

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

15838

Date of the text

20/03/1964

Official Gazette

published in 1964

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

15

What it provides

This law settles building violations by imposing a fee and penalty calculated on the land price, sets when the statute of limitations on them runs, and excludes certain violations such as encroachment on roads, construction in banned zones, and shacks or tents.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 9806/1968 of 04/05/1968, articles 10
• Partly repealed by Law No. 59/1971 of 13/09/1971, articles 10, 9, 13, 8, 12, 7, 11
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 148/1983 of 16/09/1983, articles 7, 8, 10, 9, 11, 13, 12
• Partly repealed by Law No. 53/1967 of 28/06/1967, articles 14

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1964. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.