Criminal code of Judiciary of Egypt Top 19 Facts

• published: 14 Dec 2015
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Facts : 1 Criminal code Egypt based its criminal codes and court operations primarily on British, Italian, and Napoleonic models Facts : 2 Criminal court procedures had been substantially modified by the heritage of Islamic legal and social patterns and the legacy of numerous kinds of courts that formerly existed Facts : 3 The divergent sources and philosophical origins of these laws and the inapplicability of many borrowed Western legal concepts occasioned difficulties in administering Egyptian law Facts : 4 The criminal code listed three main categories of crime: contraventions (minor offenses), misdemeanors (offenses punishable by imprisonment or fines), and felonies (offenses punishable by penal servitude or death) Facts : 5 Lower courts handled the majority of the cases that reached adjudication and levied fines in about nine out of ten cases Facts : 6 At their discretion, courts could suspend fines or imprisonment (when a sentence did not exceed one year) Facts : 7 Capital crimes that carried a possible death sentence included murder, manslaughter occurring in the commission of a felony, arson or the use of explosives that caused death, rape, treason, and endangerment of state security Facts : 8 Egypt s laws require that a detained person be brought before a magistrate and formally charged within forty-eight hours or released Facts : 9 An accused is entitled to post bail and had the right to be defended by legal counsel Facts : 10 The Emergency Law of 1958 outlined special judicial procedures for some cases Facts : 11 The law enabled authorities to circumvent the increasingly independent regular court system in cases where people were charged with endangering state security Facts : 12 The law applied primarily to Islamic radicals but also covered leftists suspected of political violence, drug smugglers, and illegal currency dealers Facts : 13 It also allowed detention of striking workers, pro-Palestinian student demonstrators, and relatives of fugitives Facts : 14 The Emergency Law of 1958 authorized the judicial system to detain people without charging them or guaranteeing them due process while an investigation was under way Facts : 15 After thirty days, a detainee could petition the State Security Court to review the case Facts : 16 If the court ordered the detainee s release, the minister of interior had fifteen days to object Facts : 17 If the minister overruled the court s decision, the detainee could petition another State Security Court for release