Part Four of the Law Issued on 26-12-1946 the Circumcision Law

Type

Law

Date of the text

26/12/1946

Official Gazette

published in 1946

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This chapter regulates the practice of circumcision, restricting it to physicians or licensed circumcisers approved by the health ministry, and sets licensing and examination requirements, hygiene equipment, the age limit for patients, and annual medical certificates.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1946. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.