Law Prohibiting Water Prospecting on Private Property in the Bekaa Region

Type

Law

Date of the text

14/01/1963

Official Gazette

published in 1963

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

For up to two years, this law bans new groundwater prospecting and well drilling on private property in the Beqaa governorate, excepting state surveys and drinking-water projects, and penalizes violators with confiscation of equipment.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1963. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.