Code of Civil Procedure

Type

Decree-Law

Number

90

Date of the text

16/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1043

What it provides

This legislative decree promulgates the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs how civil cases proceed before the courts, and sets out general principles of civil adjudication, rules for applying new procedural laws, and the fallback for gaps in procedure.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Unspecified act No. 20/1985, articles 32, 41, 61, 91, 93, 257, 413, 445, 449, 537, 601, 603
• Amended by Unspecified act No. 154/2011, articles 500 bis 1
• Amended by Law No. 4/1989 of 05/01/1989, articles 95, 738
• Amended by Decree No. 13440/1998 of 05/11/1998, articles 86
• Amended by Decree No. 3800/2000 of 06/09/2000, articles 11, 127, 178, 189, 194, 209, 254, 255, 256, 279, 282, 283
• Amended by Decree No. 2411/1992 of 07/05/1992, articles 11, 117, 127, 178, 189, 194, 209, 254, 255, 256, 279, 282
• Amended by Decree No. 791/1990 of 13/12/1990, articles 86
• Amended by Law No. 154/2011 of 17/08/2011, articles 86
• Amended by Law No. 529/1996 of 20/06/1996, articles 15, 39, 62, 64, 86, 120, 228, 382, 399, 400, 401, 466
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 20/1985 of 23/03/1985, articles 302, 468
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 20/1985 of 23/03/1985, articles 860
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 2/1985 of 26/01/1985, articles 228, 401
• Amended by Law No. 440/2002 of 29/07/2002, articles 77, 762, 770, 789, 795, 804, 821
• Amended by Law No. 144/1999 of 29/10/1999, articles 15, 723

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.