Law on Suspension of the Execution of Penalties

Type

Law

Date of the text

30/04/1935

Official Gazette

published in 1935

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This law allows courts, when sentencing a first-time offender to imprisonment or a fine, to suspend execution of the sentence by a reasoned decision, and sets the effects of suspension on the judgment, the judicial record and the warning owed to the convicted person.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1935. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.