Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first...

Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first Ottoman Penal Code of 1840. In 1943, when Lebanon became independent, a penal code was created based on French laws. The 1810 French Penal Code on honor crimes gave a husband a commuted sentence if he surprises his wife in a compromising situation in their ow.n home and kills or harms one of the two partners without premeditation. This article, along with all punishments concerning adultery, was canceled in France in 1975.