Code of Civil Procedure

Type

Decree-Law

Number

72

Date of the text

01/02/1933

Official Gazette

published in 1934

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

859

What it provides

This code sets out the rules of civil procedure, establishing the independence of the courts, barring them from reviewing the constitutionality of laws or treaties, requiring judgments to be reasoned and to decide every issue raised, and making deliberations of multi-judge courts secret.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law/1954 of 04/05/1954, articles 598
• Amended by Law/1957 of 11/02/1957, articles 353
• Partly repealed by Law/1944 of 14/10/1944, articles 7
• Amended by Law/1935 of 16/05/1935, articles 809
• Amended by Law/1935 of 18/05/1935, articles 152
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 83/1941 of 20/01/1941, articles 669
• Amended by Law/1936 of 21/12/1936, articles 747
• Partly repealed by High Commissioner Decision No. 324/1939 of 22/11/1939, articles 411

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1934. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.