Granting a General Amnesty

Type

Law

Date of the text

24/12/1958

Official Gazette

published in 1958

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This law grants a general amnesty for numerous offences committed before 15 October 1958, covering internal state-security crimes, political offences, misdemeanours and petty offences, and reduces sentences for certain felonies. It lets the head of state issue a special amnesty within a year, while excluding specified

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1958. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.