Suppression of Political Propaganda Paid for with Foreign Funds

Type

Decision

Number

183

Date of the text

26/08/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree punishes anyone who receives foreign funds to finance political propaganda, and requires declaring foreign-sent money used to pay for publication, with confiscation of the means used in the offence.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.