Individuals can file complaints or claims to the Central Inspection against administrations falling within its remit, or against the employees or workers of these administrations, for investigation and establishment of facts.
Article 1 of Legislative Decree No. 115/1959 (Establishment of the Central Inspection) specified the administrations and institutions that fall under the mandate of the Central Inspection in general, where it states:
"A Central Inspection has been established within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Its mandate covers all public administrations and institutions, independent authorities and municipalities, as well as all permanent and temporary employees, workers, wage earners and contractors therein, and all those who receive a wage or salary from their funds, in accordance with the provisions of the laws applicable to them."
This article also provided for the expansion of the mandate of the Central Inspection to include all institutions subject to the oversight of the Court of Audit, by virtue of a decree issued by the Council of Ministers:
"The government may issue a ministerial decree expanding the mandate of the Central Inspection to include, permanently or temporarily, all institutions that are subject to the oversight of the Court of Audit."
The same article also specified the entities that are subject to the mandate of the Central Inspection on the financial level only:
"The judiciary, the Lebanese Army, the Internal Security Forces and the General Security are subject to the oversight of the Central Inspection on the financial level exclusively, and in line with the terms and conditions of their own regulations."