Law on the Organization of Sunni and Jaafari Sharia Courts
Type
Law
Date of the text
16/07/1962
Official Gazette
published in 1962
Status today
In force, amendedas of 27/08/2026
Articles
492
What it provides
This law organizes the Sunni and Jaafari sharia judiciary as part of the state's court system, setting out the composition of the primary and higher sharia courts for each sect, their seats and territorial jurisdictions, and confining each court's competence to cases involving members of its own sect.
What has changed this text
Amended by Law No. 12/1986 of 11/02/1986, articles 449, 450
Amended by Decree No. 1912/2009 of 11/05/2009, articles 457
Amended by Law No. 768/2006 of 11/11/2006, articles 17
Amended by Law No. 769/2006 of 11/11/2006, articles 460
Amended by Law No. 20/1986 of 14/06/1986, articles 17
Amended by Law No. 434/1995 of 15/05/1995, articles 386, 387
Amended by Law No. 350/1994 of 16/06/1994, articles 19, 27, 46, 80, 87, 165, 195, 224, 227, 236, 299, 331
Amended by Decree-Law No. 158/1983 of 16/09/1983, articles 447, 449, 462, 463, 464
Amended by Law No. 452/1995 of 17/08/1995, articles 447, 459, 460, 461, 467
Amended by Decree No. 2483/2000 of 19/02/2000, articles 457
Amended by Law No. 124/2010 of 23/07/2010, articles 476
Partly repealed by Law No. 124/2010 of 23/07/2010, articles 476
Amended by Law No. 197/2000 of 24/05/2000, articles 448, 449, 450
Amended by Law No. 693/2005 of 24/08/2005, articles 476
Amended by Law No. 177/2011 of 29/08/2011, articles 242
The full text
This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1962. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.