Amending articles 4, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 of the law of 19 Rabi al-Akhir 1327 (on the offence of vagrancy)

Type

Decree-Law

Number

17

Date of the text

11/12/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This decree amends articles 4, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 of the 1327 vagrancy law, setting prison terms and fines for vagrancy, carrying housebreaking tools, and threatening people. It exempts children under thirteen from being classed as vagrants and penalizes parents or guardians who let minors roam or who push a minor i

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1940. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.