Concerning the appointment of a lawyer for a minor accused of an offence

Type

Decree-Law

Number

40

Date of the text

04/04/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decree requires that a lawyer be appointed free of charge for a minor accused of an offence when the minor or his parents have not chosen one three days before trial. The lawyer is picked from a list prepared by the bar association head, may refuse the assignment only with the judicial authority's approval of his

What has changed this text

• Repealed by Law No. 0/1948 of 18/09/1948

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.