Amending the Law on Press Publication Offences

Type

Law

Number

26

Date of the text

25/09/1974

Official Gazette

published in 1974

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

8

What it provides

This law amends the rules for press-offence courts: it sends press crimes to the press chamber of the appeal court, transfers pending press cases from military courts, bars pre-trial detention for press offences, and makes jailing orders enforceable immediately despite appeal.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1974. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.