Ratification of the Draft Law on Criminal Trial Procedure

Type

Law

Date of the text

18/09/1948

Official Gazette

published in 1948

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

470

What it provides

This law sets out the procedure for criminal trials. It defines the types of criminal courts, namely magistrates' courts, courts of first instance and the appeal court, and their composition, and assigns public prosecution the role in pursuing penalties while injured parties may claim compensation.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 328/2001 of 02/08/2001
• Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 7855/1961 of 16/10/1961, articles 366

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1948. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.