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LBN-2011-L-89807
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Title_of_text
Law No. 164 Punishment for the Crime of Trafficking in Persons.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Lebanon
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2011-09-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Article 1 : a new Chapter Three entitled "Trafficking in Persons" is added to Chapter Eight of Book Two of the Penal Code.
Article 2: The texts of Articles 524 and 525 of the Penal Code are repealed and superseded by new texts.
Article 3:
(1) The phrase, "or making him commit it [the crime]," shall be deleted from the text of Articles 508 and 509 of the Penal Code.
(2) The phrase, "or making him commit it [the crime]," shall be deleted from the text of Article 510 of the Penal Code.
Article 4: Persons who are being persecuted before this Law goes into effect, shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of Articles 524 and 525 of the Penal Code by imposing upon them the penalties that are stipulated in these two Articles before they were amended pursuant to this Law.
Article 5: New Section is added to the Criminal Procedure Law after the Seventh Section of said Law: Section Seven bis "Protection Procedures in the Crime of Trafficking in Persons".
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2011-09-01
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1943-03-01 (LBN-1943-L-89873)
Penal Code (Legislative Decree No. 340).
Amended text(s)
2001-08-07 (LBN-2001-L-89874)
Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 328 of 7 August 2001).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in Arabic
Publisher
Lebanese Republic ,Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Place of publication
Lebanon
Country
Lebanon
URL
http://www.pcm.gov.lb
File
LBN-2011-L-89807.pdf (PDF of Law in Arabic)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in English
Author
U.S. Department of State
URL
http://www.state.gov/
File
LBN-2011-L-89807 in english.pdf (PDF of Law in English)
Serial region
Serial title
Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya
Date
2011-09-01
Number
No. 40
Page range
P. 3267