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Penal Code Type Decree-Law Number 340 Date of the text 01/03/1943 Official Gazette published in 1943 Status today Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026 Articles 777 What it provides This code sets out the principles governing the time-based application of criminal law. It bars punishment for acts not criminalised when committed, and explains how repeal or amendment of a law affects prosecution, sentencing and limitation periods, as well as when an offence is deemed committed.
What has changed this text Amended by Unspecified act No. 21/1985, articles 133 Amended by Law No. 204/2020, articles 487, 488, 489, 503 bis 1, 522, 523, 527, 547, 559, 618 Amended by Unspecified act No. 110/1977, articles 549 Amended by Unspecified act No. 240/2000, articles 707, 708, 709 Amended by Unspecified act No. 75/1999, articles 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 Amended by Decree No. 239/1993, articles 751 Amended by Law No. 68/2026, articles 37 Amended by Law No. 70/2026, articles 205 Partly repealed by Law No. 0/1954 of 01/12/1954 Partly repealed by Law/1954 of 01/12/1954, articles 317, 474, 475 Partly repealed by Law No. 75/1999 of 03/04/1999, articles 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 Amended by Law No. 382/1994 of 04/11/1994, articles 209 Amended by Law No. 256/2022 of 05/01/2022 Amended by Law No. 268/2022 of 05/01/2022 Amended by Law No. 267/2022 of 05/01/2022, articles 554, 555, 556, 557, 559 Amended by Law No. 0/1948 of 05/02/1948 Amended by Law/1948 of 05/02/1948, articles 98, 127, 136, 324, 383 Amended by Law/1948 of 05/02/1948, articles 3, 8, 41, 43, 54, 57, 60, 62, 118, 146, 157, 164 Partly repealed by Law/1948 of 05/02/1948, articles 151, 238, 239, 253, 665 Amended by Law/1948 of 05/02/1948, articles 639 Partly repealed by Law/1948 of 05/02/1948, articles 92, 96 Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 15698/1964 of 06/03/1964, articles 285 Amended by Law No. 87/2010 of 06/03/2010 Partly repealed by Law No. 87/2010 of 06/03/2010, articles 133 Amended by Law No. 513/1996 of 06/06/1996 Amended by Law No. 293/2014 of 07/05/2014, articles 487, 488, 489, 522, 523, 527, 547, 559, 618 Amended by Law No. 165/2020 of 08/05/2020 Amended by Law No. 487/1995 of 08/12/1995, articles 27, 463, 591, 638, 639, 640, 642, 643 Amended by Law No. 0/1947 of 09/12/1947 Partly repealed by Law/1947 of 09/12/1947, articles 325 Amended by Law No. 81/2018 of 10/10/2018, articles 209, 453 Amended by Law No. 0/1960 of 10/12/1960, articles 53, 61 Partly repealed by Law/1960 of 10/12/1960, articles 53, 61 Amended by Law No. 0/1958 of 11/01/1958 Amended by Law enacted by Decree No. 15739/1964 of 11/03/1964, articles 185 Amended by Law No. 224/1993 of 13/05/1993, articles 500 Amended by Law No. 0/1951 of 14/08/1951 Amended by Law No. 53/2017 of 14/09/2017, articles 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 513, 514, 515, 516, 518 Partly repealed by Law No. 53/2017 of 14/09/2017, articles 516, 522 Amended by Law No. 0/1959 of 16/02/1959 The full text This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1943. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.
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