Concerning the jurisdiction of justices of the peace

Type

Decree-Law

Number

14

Date of the text

04/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

15

What it provides

This decree amends the jurisdiction of magistrates of the peace in civil cases, setting which claims they decide at first instance or as final rulings based on the value of the claim in Lebanese pounds. It covers debt and movable and immovable property claims, certain rent and compensation claims, and rules for convert

What has changed this text

• Amended by Decree-Law No. 100/1942 of 16/04/1941, articles 5, 3
• Repealed by Law No. 0/1946 of 16/05/1946
• Partly repealed by Law No. 0/1948 of 18/09/1948, articles 7, 6, 11, 2, 10, 8, 13, 5, 9, 3, 12, 4

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.