Gherbal National Gazette

Law No. 224

Addition of Article 500 bis to the Penal Code

Type
Law
Number
224
Date of the text
13/05/1993
Official Gazette
published in 1993
Status today
In force as of 27/08/2026
Articles
2

What it provides

This law adds an article to the Penal Code criminalizing the abandonment of a minor under eighteen in exchange for money or other benefit, including trafficking of children and brokering adoptions for payment, with prison and fines and enhanced penalties for repeat offenses.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1993. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.

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