Syriac Orthodox community, personal status law for the Syriac Orthodox

Type

Law

Date of the text

01/01/1990

Official Gazette

published in 1990

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

113

What it provides

This law sets out personal status rules for the Syriac Orthodox community, applying to all members of the Syriac Orthodox Church regardless of nationality. It governs betrothal and marriage contracts, minimum ages, and who may act as guardian in a betrothal.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1990. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.