Repealing article 54 of the law of 8 December 1938, as amended by the law of 27 April 1939, and replacing it with other provisions; this repeal concerns the Pen

Type

Decree-Law

Number

77

Date of the text

09/12/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This decree repeals Article 54 of the Penal Procedure Code as previously amended and replaces it with rules on Treasury advances for investigation costs in criminal cases: an investigating judge may order payments up to forty Lebanese pounds from the Treasury, and any higher amount requires express authorization from t

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.