Law on Religious Rulings on Personal Status for the Israelite Community

Type

Law

Date of the text

01/01/1990

Official Gazette

published in 1990

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

853

What it provides

This law sets out the religious rules on personal status for the Jewish community. It regulates the betrothal contract and its conditions, who may betroth a minor or orphaned girl, the effect of a bride's refusal, and the rules on proxies in 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.