# Lebanese Legislation

> Every Lebanese law, decree and ruling, free: 103,118 texts (100,776 with full text, 389,078 articles), 47,657 court rulings, 6,851 Official Gazette issues, opinions, agreements and doctrine, from the Lebanese University's Centre for Research and Studies in Legal Informatics. Arabic, with the French text where it was published.

Cite an article by its address, which never changes: https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/{id}/article/{number}/ . Each page shows the text's kind, number, date, Official Gazette issue and whether it is in force.

The site is in Arabic at the root (https://lebaneselegislation.com/). The English interface is under https://lebaneselegislation.com/en/ (for example https://lebaneselegislation.com/en/law/{id}/); the text of a law is the same Arabic text in both.

## The codes

- [The Lebanese Constitution (الدستور اللبناني)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244058/)
- [Code of Obligations and Contracts (قانون الموجبات والعقود)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244226/)
- [Penal Code (قانون العقوبات)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244611/)
- [Code of Commerce (قانون التجارة البرية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244586/)
- [Code of Civil Procedure (قانون اصول المحاكمات المدنية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244565/)
- [Code of Criminal Procedure (اصول المحاكمات الجزائية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244483/)
- [Labour Code (قانون العمل)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/190374/)
- [Social Security Law (قانون الضمان الاجتماعي)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244971/)
- [Code of Money and Credit (قانون النقد والتسليف وانشاء المصرف المركزي)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244905/)
- [Code of Maritime Commerce (قانون التجارة البحرية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/168899/)
- [Military Penal Code (قانون العقوبات العسكري)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/189912/)
- [Judicial Organisation Law (قانون القضاء العدلي)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/194133/)
- [State Council Statute (نظام مجلس شورى الدولة)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244736/)
- [Civil Service Regulations (نظام الموظفين)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/179571/)
- [Municipalities Law (قانون البلديات)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244078/)
- [Public Accounting Law (قانون المحاسبة العمومية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/243865/)
- [Customs Code (قانون الجمارك)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244887/)
- [Traffic Law (قانون السير الجديد)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/246455/)
- [Consumer Protection Law (قانون حماية المستهلك)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/245560/)
- [Rent Law (قانون الايجارات)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/246516/)
- [Rent Law 2017 (تعديل قانون الايجارات)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/270074/)
- [Real Property Code (نظام الملكية العقارية والحقوق العينية غير المنقولة)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/text/177709/)
- [Building Law (قانون البناء)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/244684/)
- [Court Fees Law (قانون الرسوم القضائية)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244593/)
- [Illicit Enrichment Law (قانون الاثراء غير المشروع)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/decree/205397/)
- [Lawyers' Profession Law (تنظيم مهنة المحاماة)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/law/244219/)

## Browse

- [All legislation, by year](https://lebaneselegislation.com/laws/years/)
- [Court rulings, by year](https://lebaneselegislation.com/rulings/years/)
- [The Official Gazette, by year](https://lebaneselegislation.com/gazette/years/)
- [Legal opinions](https://lebaneselegislation.com/opinions/)
- [Agreements](https://lebaneselegislation.com/agreements/)
- [Doctrine](https://lebaneselegislation.com/doctrine/)
- [Latest changes (amendments, newest first)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/changes/)
- [The database (PostgreSQL)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/data/)
- [Lebanese law and AI (no AI answers yet; sign up to hear)](https://lebaneselegislation.com/ai/)

## For AI assistants

- MCP server (search, get_law, get_article, get_law_texts, get_ruling; verbatim texts only): https://lebaneselegislation.com/mcp
- Read-only JSON API: https://lebaneselegislation.com/ai/

## Notes

- Texts come from the Lebanese University's Centre for Legal Informatics; the Official Gazette is authoritative.
- Nothing here is legal advice.