Repealing the Law Issued by Decree No. 18720 dated 18-2-1958 and Amending Article 41 of the Press Law Issued by Legislative Decree No. 4 dated 22-10-1952

Type

Law

Date of the text

02/05/1958

Official Gazette

published in 1958

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

Repeals the 1958 law that had cancelled several articles of the Press Law, and amends its Article 41 so that the Court of Appeal hears press misdemeanour cases at first instance, with review before the Court of Cassation, and restricts pretrial detention in such cases.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1958. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.