Law Criminalizing the Firing of Live Rounds into the Air

Type

Law

Number

71

Date of the text

27/10/2016

Official Gazette

published in 2016

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

1

What it provides

This law criminalises firing guns into the air for any reason, prescribing imprisonment, fines, confiscation of the weapon and a lifetime ban on weapon licences. Penalties escalate, up to hard labour, where the act causes injury, permanent disability or death.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 10/2025 of 28/05/2025

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2016. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.