Protection of Juvenile Offenders

Type

Decree-Law

Number

119

Date of the text

16/09/1983

Official Gazette

published in 1983

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

56

What it provides

This decree-law sets the measures applied to juveniles aged seven to under eighteen who commit offences or are vagrant, beggars, or at risk of delinquency, including protection, social supervision, reform, discipline and reduced penalties, graded by the juvenile's age and the type of offence.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 422/2002 of 06/06/2002
• Repealed by Law No. 422/2002 of 06/06/2002

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1983. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.