Gherbal National Gazette

Law

Establishment of a Judicial Council

Type
Law
Date of the text
04/05/1944
Official Gazette
published in 1944
Status today
In force, amended as of 27/08/2026
Articles
17

What it provides

This law creates a special appellate court called the Judicial Council, competent to try crimes against state security under articles 270 to 349 of the new Penal Code when the government refers cases to it by decree. It sits with five judges in Beirut, with prosecution and investigation entrusted to designated official

What has changed this text

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1944. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.

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