Law Amending Article 47 of the Penal Code

Type

Law

Date of the text

18/05/1935

Official Gazette

published in 1935

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law applies Article 47 of the Penal Code on mitigating circumstances to misdemeanour offences, whether set out in the Penal Code or in special laws. It allows summary courts to impose detention, a fine, or substitute a fine for detention where mitigating circumstances exist, without going below the statutory minim

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.