Law Amending Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Where a Lebanese Commits a Felony Abroad)

Type

Law

Date of the text

29/05/1929

Official Gazette

published in 1929

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

Amends Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure so that a Lebanese national who commits a felony or misdemeanour abroad can be pursued and tried in Lebanon, with special conditions for misdemeanours, limits where the suspect was already tried abroad or pardoned, and rules on how prosecution is initiated.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1929. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.