Regulating the Relations between Landlord and Tenant Following the Events

Type

Decree-Law

Number

7

Date of the text

08/02/1977

Official Gazette

published in 1977

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

36

What it provides

This legislative decree regulates relations between landlords and tenants in buildings damaged by the events after February 1975, setting how the costs of repairing rented units and common areas are shared between owner and tenant, depending on the rent amount.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 20/1982 of 03/08/1982, articles 31

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1977. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.