Gherbal National Gazette

Law

Granting a General Amnesty

Type
Law
Date of the text
19/10/1949
Official Gazette
published in 1949
Status today
In force as of 27/08/2026
Articles
12

What it provides

This law grants a general amnesty for offences committed before 21 September 1949, covering violations, misdemeanours and felonies with varying reductions of sentence, excluding crimes against state security and certain military offences, and allowing the government to grant further pardons by decree.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1949. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.

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