30th of August, 2015
Law 94/2015 On Combating Terrorism
Keywords: Infrastructure & Projects, Commercial
The President issued Law 94/2015 on combating terrorism. The law, significantly, increases the powers of the authorities to face the crime and widen the scope of the crime itself. Below are the main highlights of the law.
The law widens the scope of the crime:
- The law equates between solicitation to crime and full crime. Solicitation needs not be directed to a specific person. The law widens the scope of solicitation to include any public statement that includes solicitation of the crime even if it did not cause a result. Solicitation can be radical views expressed on a website or on a private social media page, or in public media.
- The law criminalizes the funding of terrorism, either directly or indirectly.
- The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating inaccurate news or information contrary to official statements issued by the Ministry of Defence relating to terrorist acts or security operations combating them. The penalty is a fine ranging from EG100’000 to EGP500’000. If a juristic person commits the crime, the executive manager will be liable. The company, itself, will be jointly liable for the penalty and any compensation result from the crime.
- The terrorism crime does not lapse by prescription.
The law widens the police powers while combating terrorism.
- The law gives a police officer the right to arrest and detain a suspect for 24 hours, if the officer sees a danger of a terrorism crime or because of necessity to combat terrorism, without obtaining judicial permit.
- The law increases the periods in which the public prosecutor may extend the detention of the suspect without resorting to a judge.
A copy of the decision (Arabic) can be accessed here.
The law widens the scope of the crime:
- The law equates between solicitation to crime and full crime. Solicitation needs not be directed to a specific person. The law widens the scope of solicitation to include any public statement that includes solicitation of the crime even if it did not cause a result. Solicitation can be radical views expressed on a website or on a private social media page, or in public media.
- The law criminalizes the funding of terrorism, either directly or indirectly.
- The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating inaccurate news or information contrary to official statements issued by the Ministry of Defence relating to terrorist acts or security operations combating them. The penalty is a fine ranging from EG100’000 to EGP500’000. If a juristic person commits the crime, the executive manager will be liable. The company, itself, will be jointly liable for the penalty and any compensation result from the crime.
- The terrorism crime does not lapse by prescription.
The law widens the police powers while combating terrorism.
- The law gives a police officer the right to arrest and detain a suspect for 24 hours, if the officer sees a danger of a terrorism crime or because of necessity to combat terrorism, without obtaining judicial permit.
- The law increases the periods in which the public prosecutor may extend the detention of the suspect without resorting to a judge.
A copy of the decision (Arabic) can be accessed here.
Law 94/2015 On Combating Terrorism
30 August, 2015
Keywords: Infrastructure & Projects, Commercial
The President issued Law 94/2015 on combating terrorism. The law, significantly, increases the powers of the authorities to face the crime and widen the scope of the crime itself. Below are the main highlights of the law.
The law widens the scope of the crime:
- The law equates between solicitation to crime and full crime. Solicitation needs not be directed to a specific person. The law widens the scope of solicitation to include any public statement that includes solicitation of the crime even if it did not cause a result. Solicitation can be radical views expressed on a website or on a private social media page, or in public media.
- The law criminalizes the funding of terrorism, either directly or indirectly.
- The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating inaccurate news or information contrary to official statements issued by the Ministry of Defence relating to terrorist acts or security operations combating them. The penalty is a fine ranging from EG100’000 to EGP500’000. If a juristic person commits the crime, the executive manager will be liable. The company, itself, will be jointly liable for the penalty and any compensation result from the crime.
- The terrorism crime does not lapse by prescription.
The law widens the police powers while combating terrorism.
- The law gives a police officer the right to arrest and detain a suspect for 24 hours, if the officer sees a danger of a terrorism crime or because of necessity to combat terrorism, without obtaining judicial permit.
- The law increases the periods in which the public prosecutor may extend the detention of the suspect without resorting to a judge.
A copy of the decision (Arabic) can be accessed here.
The law widens the scope of the crime:
- The law equates between solicitation to crime and full crime. Solicitation needs not be directed to a specific person. The law widens the scope of solicitation to include any public statement that includes solicitation of the crime even if it did not cause a result. Solicitation can be radical views expressed on a website or on a private social media page, or in public media.
- The law criminalizes the funding of terrorism, either directly or indirectly.
- The law criminalizes publishing or disseminating inaccurate news or information contrary to official statements issued by the Ministry of Defence relating to terrorist acts or security operations combating them. The penalty is a fine ranging from EG100’000 to EGP500’000. If a juristic person commits the crime, the executive manager will be liable. The company, itself, will be jointly liable for the penalty and any compensation result from the crime.
- The terrorism crime does not lapse by prescription.
The law widens the police powers while combating terrorism.
- The law gives a police officer the right to arrest and detain a suspect for 24 hours, if the officer sees a danger of a terrorism crime or because of necessity to combat terrorism, without obtaining judicial permit.
- The law increases the periods in which the public prosecutor may extend the detention of the suspect without resorting to a judge.
A copy of the decision (Arabic) can be accessed here.
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