Instalment repayment of debts of merchants affected by the events

Type

Law

Number

8

Date of the text

02/04/1981

Official Gazette

published in 1981

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

35

What it provides

This law allows merchants and institutions harmed by the events in Lebanon since 26 February 1975 to pay off their debts in installments within a set deadline, subject to conditions on the type of activity, the damage suffered and inability to pay. It also sets reduced interest rates on these debts for successive perio

What has changed this text

• Extended by Decree No. 3598/1986 of 10/12/1986, articles 1
• Amended by Law No. 8/1999 of 20/02/1999, articles 25, 26, 27
• Extended by Decree No. 5263/1982 of 24/06/1982, articles 1
• Extended by Decree No. 4678/1982 of 30/12/1981, articles 1

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1981. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.