The twelve instruments Chapter 4 reads, the links the chapter states between them, what each gives an owner, and which law each scheme says it is made under. Where the record is silent, the page says so.
Instruments sit in the column of their year. An arrow is a link the chapter states in so many words; select an instrument to read them. Instruments outside the twelve appear only where a link reaches them.
No repeal of the five standing instruments appears in the sources the book holds. That is a statement about the search, and this is its reach: the Official Gazette as the book holds it, read in full for 2025 and 2026 to issue 36, and in its general indexes for 2005 and 2008 to October 2024. A repeal published in a grey year would not have been found.
2012 · Former government
Legislative Decree 66 of 2012
two Damascus redevelopment zones
No repeal found in the search
Counted among the five standing instruments in the repeal search.
- What it does
- two redevelopment areas in Damascus; land for roads, squares and public buildings deducted free of charge
- Owner’s window
- one calendar year from the announcement, since Law 42 of 2018 (thirty days before it)
- What the owner gets
- shares in the new plots; a non-applicant's shares sold at auction, the proceeds paid to the owner every six months
- Who decides
- the administrative unit's committee; appeal to the civil Court of Appeal within thirty days
- names Law 111 of 1952The chapter: A tenant in actual occupation under Law 111 of 1952.Source: SRC-127
- Law 10 of 2018 (amended by Law 42 of 2018) amends thisThe chapter: it amends certain articles of Decree 66.Source: SRC-097
- Law 42 of 2018 amends thisThe chapter: which amended both Law 10 and the decree it was built on.Source: SRC-096
Read in: SRC-127
2012 · Former government
Legislative Decree 63 of 2012
precautionary attachments
Named only, not described
Not among the numbers the repeal search was run against.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
Read in: SRC-453
2015 · Former government
Law 23 of 2015
urban planning; deduction during zoning
No repeal found in the search
Searched for a repeal as one of the six other numbers the chapter mentions.
- What it does
- compulsory readjustment: properties merged and redistributed as shares after a deduction
- Owner’s window
- none stated in the chapter
- What the owner gets
- shares in proportion to the holding; the excess over the ceiling (forty per cent outside governorate centres, fifty inside) paid at real value; an occupant, forty per cent of the assessed value of the part occupied
- Who decides
- the administrative body; the initial appraisal committee under Article 21
- names Law 20 of 2015The chapter: a tenant in actual occupation under Law 20 of 2015.Source: SRC-125
Read in: SRC-125
2017 · Former government
Law 33 of 2017
reconstitution of damaged registry documents
Read; repeal not searched
Not among the numbers the repeal search was run against.
- What it does
- reconstitution of registry documents destroyed, damaged or lost; takes no land
- Owner’s window
- fifteen days to appeal an administrative rebuild; six months to object to a judicial one; then five years to sue for the right and fifteen for compensation
- What the owner gets
- a sheet the real estate judge has rebuilt, with absolute probative force once the five years run
- Who decides
- the governorate's director of real estate affairs (administrative route; appeal to the court of first instance within fifteen days), or a real estate judge (judicial route; objections decided in chambers, confirmation decisions appealable within fifteen days)
The chapter states no link between this instrument and the others.
Read in: SRC-604
2018 · Former government
Law 10 of 2018 (amended by Law 42 of 2018)
Decree 66 nationwide
No repeal found in the search
Counted among the five standing instruments in the repeal search.
- What it does
- Decree 66's zones anywhere in the country, by decree on the minister's proposal
- Owner’s window
- one calendar year from the announcement (thirty days before Law 42)
- What the owner gets
- nominal certificates for shares in the new plots, held in common, within six months of the distribution decision
- Who decides
- the administrative unit's committee; appeal to the civil Court of Appeal within thirty days, decided within thirty days
- amends Legislative Decree 66 of 2012The chapter: it amends certain articles of Decree 66.Source: SRC-097
- Law 42 of 2018 amends thisThe chapter: which amended both Law 10 and the decree it was built on.Source: SRC-096
- Decree 237 of 2021 meets the requirements of, without naming thisThe chapter: named here without Law 10 being named.Source: SRC-611
Read in: SRC-097, SRC-096
2018 · Former government
Law 3 of 2018
rubble removal
No repeal found in the search
Counted among the five standing instruments in the repeal search.
- What it does
- removal of rubble from damaged and demolished buildings, by a governor's determination
- Owner’s window
- thirty days from the announcement to apply
- What the owner gets
- the rubble and private belongings of the owner's own building; the land's fate not answered in the instrument
- Who decides
- the governor names the area, with no appeal route in the text; a judge's committee draws up the owners' table, appealable to the civil appellate court
- refers to the Expropriation Law of 1983The chapter: beyond a reference to the Expropriation Law of 1983 for the proceeds.Source: SRC-617
- Rif Dimashq Decision 4520 of 2026 applies thisThe chapter: covered by the provisions of Law 3 of 2018 and its executive instructions.Source: SRC-855
Read in: SRC-115
2018 · Former government
Law 31 of 2018
the Ministry of Endowments
No repeal found in the search
Searched for a repeal as one of the six other numbers the chapter mentions.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
The chapter states no link between this instrument and the others.
Read in: SRC-126
2021 · Former government
Investment Law 18 of 2021
development zones
No repeal found in the search
Counted among the five standing instruments in the repeal search.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
- Presidential Decree 114 of 2025 amends thisThe chapter: Presidential Decree No. 114 of 2025 amends Investment Law No. 18 of 2021 rather than replacing it.Source: SRC-119
- Investment Authority Decision 95 of 2026 applies thisThe chapter: under Investment Law 18 of 2021, its executive instructions and its amendments.Source: SRC-856
Read in: SRC-119
2021 · Former government
Decree 237 of 2021
Qaboun and Harasta zoning
Read; repeal not searched
Not among the numbers the repeal search was run against.
- What it does
- a zoning area at the northern entrance of Damascus, Qaboun and Harasta
- Owner’s window
- none in the decree; the thirty days reported were not in its text
- What the owner gets
- not stated in the decree, which names no procedure
- Who decides
- not named in the decree
Read in: SRC-611, SRC-099
2025 · Transitional
Constitutional Declaration, 13 March 2025
Articles 48 and 51
Read; repeal not searched
Not among the numbers the repeal search was run against.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
- carries over the laws in forceThe chapter: Article 51 provides that the laws in force continue to apply unless amended or repealed.Source: SRC-450
- Presidential Decree 16 of 2025 cites thisThe chapter: cites Article 48 and cancels every precautionary attachment decision.Source: SRC-453
Read in: SRC-450, SRC-448
2025 · Transitional
Presidential Decree 16 of 2025
attachments of 2012 to 2024 cancelled
Read; repeal not searched
Not among the numbers the repeal search was run against.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
Read in: SRC-453
2025 · Transitional
Presidential Decree 114 of 2025
Law 18 amended
No repeal found in the search
Counted among the five standing instruments in the repeal search.
What it gives an owner is not set out for this instrument in the register’s terms table.
- amends Investment Law 18 of 2021The chapter: Presidential Decree No. 114 of 2025 amends Investment Law No. 18 of 2021 rather than replacing it.Source: SRC-119
- prevails over any other law it conflicts withThe chapter: where the investment law conflicts with any other law, the investment law applies.Source: SRC-119
Read in: SRC-119
Five schemes, and for each the question an owner would ask first. A solid entry is in the text; a dashed one is a gap the text leaves; a faint one is not set out at all.
Marota City, under Decree 66 of 2012 the instrument
The text
- Legislative Decree No. 66 of 2012, sixty-four articles
Law others say it rests on
- no other law attributed in the chapter
What the owner gets
- alternative housing at the families' own cost; none had received a home, on Enab Baladi's investigation of 17 May 2024
- floor area to rise by 13.9 per cent and rent allowances to thirty-five times the previous rate, announced by Damascus Governorate, 5 May 2026, and read on 16 and 18 October 2026; owners' representatives rejected it
Sources: SRC-127, SRC-106, SRC-808, SRC-812
Qaboun and Harasta, under Decree 237 of 2021 the instrument
The text
- two articles, read in the Gazette of 29 September 2021
- latest evidence of its status, July 2025: the plan presented at an investment forum, on Enab Baladi's account
Law others say it rests on
- Syrians for Truth and Justice: it does not say
- the Syrian Network for Human Rights: Law No. 23 of 2015 and Law No. 10 of 2018
- The Syria Report, 28 May 2024: Law No. 10 of 2018, through Plan No. 104 of 2019
What the owner gets
- thirty days, to 14 October 2021, on Syrians for Truth and Justice's account; the decree sets none
- alternative housing only for residents of the target areas, which the displaced were not
Sources: SRC-611, SRC-099, SRC-045, SRC-111, SRC-128
Jobar, Decree No. 44 of 2021
The text
- not read; approved by the governorate council, 7 September 2021
Law others say it rests on
- Decree No. 5 of 1982 as amended by Law No. 41 of 2002, in the chapter's account after The Syria Report, 5 July 2022
- the governorate's Director of Urban Planning, on the same account: Law No. 23 of 2015 for the implementation area, meaning unclear to the outlet
What the owner gets
- not set out; nothing published says what became of the plan
Sources: SRC-110
The Homs Dream
The text
- none set out; in December 2019 the governor said the three neighbourhoods would be zoned under Law No. 10; the latest report the chapter gives, al-Ouruba of 2 September 2026, is of an amended zoning plan for Baba Amro approved by the governorate's executive office, naming no law
Law others say it rests on
- The Syria Report, January 2021: Law No. 5 of 1982, Law No. 10 of 2018 and Law No. 15 of 2008, whose differences “are difficult to define”
What the owner gets
- depends on which law is applied to the street
Sources: SRC-104, SRC-857
Jobar, al-Qaboun and Tishreen, March 2026
The text
- none; a verbal presentation, on the residents' account
Law others say it rests on
- Decree No. 59 of 2026, named by one resident in The Syria Report, who says the scheme contradicts it
- Decree No. 59, read in the Gazette on 16 October 2026: no district or zone, zoning plan, compensation or law but the Constitutional Declaration
- the residents, 29 March 2026: Law No. 23 of 2015 instead, and Article 16 of the Constitutional Declaration
What the owner gets
- fifty per cent of a home's area, thirty per cent of agricultural land: The Syria Report and Syria Direct
- fifty to fifty-five square metres per hundred, thirty-five per cent of agricultural land's value: a committee member, in Enab Baladi, 19 April 2026
- no account is a decision text
Sources: SRC-107, SRC-108, SRC-122, SRC-128, SRC-463
Drawn from the chapter version the author approved and from the register’s own tables. Every link above is held with the chapter’s words for it, and the page will not build if those words leave the chapter. None of this is legal advice, and none of it has been reviewed by Syrian housing, land and property counsel.