Amendment of Paragraph (1) of Article 186 of the Penal Code Issued under Legislative Decree No. 340 of 1/3/1943

Type

Law

Number

286

Date of the text

30/04/2014

Official Gazette

published in 2014

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law amends the first clause of Article 186 of the Penal Code so that non-violent disciplinary measures used by parents on their children are permitted, provided they leave no mark on the body or cause harm to physical or mental health.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2014. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.