Decree-Law establishing courts to hear violations provided for in Decree-Law No. 159 dated 26 March 1942

Type

Decree-Law

Number

160

Date of the text

28/03/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This legislative decree establishes special courts to hear offences under Legislative Decree No. 159 of 1942, referring them in each governorate to the misdemeanour appeals court there, and sets out the procedures for prosecution, investigation, judgment and appeal, with special provisions for foreign nationals.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Unspecified act No. 159/1942, articles 1
• Amended by Unspecified act No. 32/1967, articles 1
• Amended by Decree-Law No. 322/1943 of 30/01/1943, articles 3

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1942. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.