Official Bulletin — Search and consultation: practical guide

Quick answer. The website of Morocco’s General Secretariat of the Government (SGG) provides access to recent issues of the Official Bulletin and a search engine for bulletin contents. It also offers consolidated texts, important legislation and legal-monitoring sections. When you need to verify an official publication, start from the SGG rather than an isolated PDF copied to another website.

Find a specific Official Bulletin

If you know the bulletin number or publication date, use those references to locate the issue. If you are searching by subject, use the SGG contents search and advanced-search options. Once the relevant issue is found, record its number, date and the reference of the text before citing it so the publication can be checked again later.

Published text versus consolidated text

An Official Bulletin issue shows the text as it was published on a particular date. A consolidated text, when available, is intended to make a legal text easier to read by integrating later amendments. Depending on the legal question, it may be necessary to consult both the original publication and subsequent changes rather than relying on only one version.

A practical verification method

1. identify whether you are looking for a law, decree, order or another publication;
2. search by bulletin number, date or contents;
3. open the document from the SGG domain;
4. check the language and publication date;
5. look for later amendments or an available consolidated version;
6. for an administrative procedure, compare the legal text with the current instructions of the authority responsible for applying it.

Why an old PDF may not be enough

A rule can later be amended, supplemented or replaced. Finding an authentic older publication therefore does not prove that every provision still applies in the same way today. For a high-stakes legal or financial matter, verify later texts and obtain appropriate professional advice where necessary.

Official Bulletin or Idarati?

The Official Bulletin is the reference for the published legal source. Idarati is more practical for current information about administrative procedures and required documents. Use the SGG to verify the legal basis and Idarati or the responsible authority to understand the procedure currently applied.

Official source checked on 7 September 2026

• SGG — Official Bulletins and search

Key point: keep the bulletin number, date and text reference, and always check whether later amendments changed the rule you are reading.