Law Issuing a General Amnesty

Type

Law

Date of the text

07/05/1938

Official Gazette

published in 1938

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This law grants a general amnesty for offences concerning associations, public meetings and gatherings committed before 1 January 1938, excluding murder, theft and looting, not covering fines or costs already paid, requiring private claims to be brought before civil courts, and barring officials from keeping judgments

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1938. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.