Amendment of Certain Provisions of the Penal Code

Type

Law

Number

513

Date of the text

06/06/1996

Official Gazette

published in 1996

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law amends several articles of the Penal Code on its territorial scope, adding Lebanon's contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf to state territory, and extending Lebanese law to Lebanese and foreign persons committing offences abroad that affect state security, navigation, offshore platform

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1996. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.