National Defence

Type

Decree-Law

Number

102

Date of the text

16/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

159

What it provides

This decree-law aims to strengthen the state's capacity to resist any attack on national territory, its airspace or maritime zones, and to protect sovereignty and citizens' safety. It defines which bodies count as armed forces and allows alert or mobilisation states to be declared when under threat, with emergency meas

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 24/1987, articles 68
• Amended by Law No. 55/2026, articles 58
• Amended by Law No. 641/1997 of 02/06/1997, articles 51
• Amended by Law No. 309/2001 of 03/04/2001, articles 79
• Amended by Law No. 273/1993 of 03/11/1993, articles 82, 94
• Partly repealed by Law No. 273/1993 of 03/11/1993, articles 82
• Amended by Law No. 665/2005 of 04/02/2005, articles 105, 109, 112
• Partly repealed by Law No. 665/2005 of 04/02/2005, articles 105
• Amended by Law No. 718/1998 of 05/11/1998, articles 79, 82
• Amended by Law No. 17/2017 of 10/02/2017, articles 94
• Amended by Unspecified act No. 1/1984 of 13/04/1984, articles 5, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
• Amended by Law No. 161/1992 of 13/08/1992, articles 82
• Amended by Law No. 173/2000 of 14/02/2000, articles 79
• Amended by Law No. 135/1992 of 14/04/1992, articles 21, 26, 44, 48
• Amended by Law No. 90/1999 of 14/06/1999, articles 74
• Amended by Law No. 434/1995 of 15/05/1995, articles 75
• Amended by Law No. 742/2006 of 15/05/2006
• Amended by Law No. 228/2021 of 16/07/2021
• Amended by Law No. 79/2018 of 18/04/2018, articles 96
• Amended by Law No. 329/1994 of 18/05/1994, articles 56
• Amended by Law No. 2/1999 of 20/02/1999, articles 79
• Amended by Law No. 239/2012 of 22/10/2012, articles 94
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 39/1985 of 23/03/1985, articles 7, 68
• Amended by Law No. 191/2000 of 24/05/2000, articles 7
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 1/1984 of 26/09/1984, articles 4, 5, 6, 7
• Partly repealed by Decree-Law No. 1/1984 of 26/09/1984, articles 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
• Amended by Decree in force by operation of law No. 459/2007 of 27/06/2007, articles 58
• Amended by Law No. 57/2016 of 27/10/2016, articles 68
• Amended by Law No. 305/2022 of 28/10/2022
• Amended by Law No. 217/2000 of 29/05/2000, articles 51
• Amended by Law No. 169/2011 of 29/08/2011, articles 10, 21, 23, 24, 41, 48, 51, 91, 94
• Partly repealed by Law No. 169/2011 of 29/08/2011, articles 41

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.