Publication of the urgent draft law referred to the Parliament amending the rules of procedure in press offence cases

Type

Law enacted by Decree

Number

18720

Date of the text

18/02/1958

Official Gazette

published in 1958

Status today

Repealed as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree amends the trial procedure for press offences, replacing articles 41 to 43 of the Press Law so that press-related crimes are heard by the appeal court under short deadlines for investigation, trial and cassation.

What has changed this text

• Repealed by Law No. 0/1958 of 02/05/1958

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.