Ban, Suspension and Postponement … 15 Actions the Government Can Take Following Corona’s Increase in Injuries

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced, in the early hours of Monday, October 26, the extension of the state of emergency throughout the country for a period of three months, according to the official gazette.

The implementation of the decree No. 596 of 2020 began at one in the morning on Monday, October 26, 2020, after a deadline The 3-month term previously approved by the House of Representatives on July 20, began on July 27.

New emergency powers

Last April, the Parliament approved the reform of the law of the state of emergency, granting powers to the military prosecutor’s office with the Public Ministry, and granting the President of the Republic or whoever delegates the taking of all or some of these measures to face the state of health emergency, including the suspension of studies in universities and schools, and the interruption of work, total or partial, in ministries and departments. Postponement of the payment of electricity, gas and water services, totally or partially, and others.

The new powers arrived as follows:

1. Total or partial suspension of studies in schools, universities, institutes and educational institutions.

2. Suspension of work in ministries and their interests, local administrations and companies, totally or partially.

3. Postponement or payment in installments of electricity, gas and water services.

4. Installment taxes or extend the terms of your terms by 3 months, subject to renewal.

5. Prohibition of meetings, processions, demonstrations, celebrations and forms of assembly.

6. Require those who come to the country from abroad to undergo quarantine procedures.

7. Prohibition of exporting some goods and products out of the country.

8. Establishment of restrictions on trade, transport or sale of certain raw materials and products.

9. Determine the price of some services, goods or products.

10. Report financial or in-kind assistance to affected individuals, families and sectors.

11. Require that some or all private hospitals, medical centers and laboratories work with all their personnel.

12. Assign the headquarters of some state-owned places to equip them as field hospitals.

13. Impose control over laboratory work with respect to the handling of biological materials.

14. Support for curative research and the maintenance and continuity of the health system.

15. Determine the method and rules for collecting financial and in-kind donations to deal with the emergency situation.

Sanctions of the emergency law

Emergency law penalties for violators range from fines of up to 4,000 pounds and can sometimes lead to jail time and hard labor, depending on the type of offense.

Article 5 of the law establishes: Without prejudice to any stricter sanction provided in the applicable laws, whoever violates the orders issued will be sanctioned with the penalties stipulated in said orders, provided that this penalty does not exceed temporary forced labor or a fine of four thousand pounds.

If these orders do not indicate the penalty and violate its provisions, the violation thereof will be punished with a custodial sentence of not more than six months and a fine of not more than 50 pounds or either of these two penalties.

Article 6 establishes: “Violators of orders issued in accordance with the provisions of this law and the crimes specified in these orders may be immediately arrested.

Those detained for crimes other than those harmful to the internal or external security of the State and other crimes that are indicated by order of the President of the Republic or whoever acts in his place may appeal the arrest order before the competent court.

The court may, during the hearing of the case, issue a decision to temporarily release the accused, regardless of the crime for which he is being tried.