Authorization to Open a Joint Account in Banks Subject to Secrecy

Type

Law

Date of the text

19/12/1961

Official Gazette

published in 1961

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This law allows banks subject to the bank secrecy law to open joint accounts for customers that any one co-owner may operate alone, and sets rules on death, bankruptcy, disputes between co-owners and set-off between accounts.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1961. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.