Law No. 77
Amending Article 316 bis of the Lebanese Penal Code
The Parliament has enacted,
And the Council of Ministers has published, pursuant to Article 62 of the Constitution, the
following Law:
Single Article:
Article 316 bis of the Lebanese Penal Code relating to Terrorism Financing shall be amended to
read as follows, based on the Arab Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism signed in Cairo
on April 22, 1998 and ratified by Law No. 57 of March 31, 1999:
“The new Article 316 bis:
Whoever undertakes or attempts to undertake or directs or participates, intentionally and by any
means, directly or indirectly, in financing totally or partially, or contributes to the financing of
terrorism or terrorist acts, or the financing of an individual terrorist or terrorist organizations or
any related acts, including offering or providing or collecting movable or immovable funds, from
legitimate or illegitimate sources, in Lebanon or abroad, whether the funds were used or not
used, and whether the terrorist act took place or not in Lebanon or abroad.
The terrorism financing offence includes the travel, attempt to travel, recruitment, planning,
preparation, organizing, facilitation, participation, providing or receiving training, and any other
related act with the intention of committing terrorist acts, without being linked to a specific
terrorist act.
The perpetrators of the abovementioned acts shall be punished by temporary hard labor for a
period of at least 3 years but not exceeding 7 years, and by a fine equaling at least the value of
the paid amount but not exceeding its triple. This does not preclude the implementation of the
penalties stipulated in articles 212 to 222 inclusively of the Penal Code.
This Law shall enter into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette.
Beirut, October 27, 2016
Promulgated by the Council of Ministers
The President of the Council of Ministers
Signed: Tammam Salam