Decree-Law on Organizing the General Security Directorate

Type

Decree-Law

Number

19

Date of the text

15/01/1955

Official Gazette

published in 1955

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

42

What it provides

This legislative decree organizes the General Security Directorate under the Interior Ministry, setting its tasks such as gathering security intelligence, monitoring foreigners and political parties, and issuing passports, and listing its internal departments and their duties.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 139/1959 of 12/06/1959
• Amended by Law No. 0/1956 of 21/12/1956, articles 40
• Amended by Law/1956 of 21/12/1956, articles 40

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1955. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.