Law Amending Certain Articles of the Code of Civil Procedure and Reinstating the Provisions of Article 37 of the Penal Code

Type

Law

Date of the text

16/05/1935

Official Gazette

published in 1935

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This law amends Article 809 of the Civil Procedure Code on imprisoning debtors to enforce damages, alimony or deferred dower, and a defendant who refuses to hand over a minor, setting and renewing the term of detention. It also restores Article 37 of the Penal Code, under which an unpaid fine converts into detention at

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.