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Penal Code (promulgated by Law No. 58 of 1937, and amended up to Law No. 95 of 2003), Egypt

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Year of Version 2003 Dates Entry into force: October 15, 1937 Adopted: July 21, 1937 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Other Notes This consolidated version of the Penal Code incorporates all amendments up to 2003.
Article 85 of this Law provides, inter alia, for the protection of defense secrets related to economic and industrial information of the country.
Article 229 states that 'whoever makes, carries for sale on the roads, distributes, or exhibits for sale printed matter or forms resembling in their appearance the marks and stamps of the Egyptian Postal and Telegraph Administrations, or the Postal and Telegraph Departments in the member countries of the Postal Federation in a way facilitating their acceptance instead of counterfeit papers' shall be punished by a penalty of detention or a period not exceeding 6 months and a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or by one of them.

Article 229 bis states that 'whoever prints, publishes, sells, or exhibits for sale a book or compilation comprising all or some of the educational curricula determined for the schools run or supervised by the Ministry of Education or by one of the Local Government authorities, before obtaining a license therefor from the competent authority, shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds and with the confiscation of the book or compilation'.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Arabic قانون العقوبات (الصادر بالقانون رقم 58 لسنة 1937 والمعدل بالقانون رقم 95 لسنة 2003) PDF
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Penal Code (EG066)

WIPO Lex No. EG056