Amendment of Article 567 of the Penal Code

Type

Law

Number

268

Date of the text

05/01/2022

Official Gazette

published in 2022

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law amends Article 567 of the Penal Code to make it an offence for a person to deliberately refuse to help or rescue someone in imminent danger, or to prevent bodily harm to another, when they could do so without endangering themselves. It shields rescuers from liability, penalises anyone who knowingly withholds e

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2022. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.