Amendment of Certain Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure

Type

Law

Number

359

Date of the text

16/08/2001

Official Gazette

published in 2001

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law amends several articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure, covering the powers of the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in disputes over prosecution authorisations, the prosecution's investigative powers, and the time limits for detention.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 711/2005 of 09/12/2005

Constitutional Council

Its constitutionality was challenged before the Constitutional Council in:

• Decision No. 4/2001 of 29/09/2001

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2001. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.