Decision on Exemption from Penalties in Special Cases

Type

Decision

Number

544

Date of the text

01/10/1926

Official Gazette

published in 1926

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree grants exemption from penalties to persons who committed specified felonies and who voluntarily submit to military authorities under set conditions, and commutes death sentences to life hard labour for such submission. Ordinary felonies and misdemeanours are excluded, and those who relapse into rebellion ca

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1926. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.