Egyptian law · Criminal

Criminal Procedure Law (1950)

Criminal Procedure Law (Law 150 of 1950)

Law 150 of 1950Published on 15 October 1951In force since 14 November 1951585 articles

In force until 30 September 2027then replaced from 1 October 2027 by: Criminal Procedure Law (2025)

Source: Official Gazette, issue 90, of 15 October 1951

Source of this law: an unofficial copy; a second copy agrees with it on 54.2% of the articles; being matched against the Official Gazette

The articles

Issuing articles

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Articles of the law

Articles 1–96

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 bis 18 bis (a)18 bis (b)19 20 21 22 23 24 24 bis 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

Articles 97–195

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 113 bis 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195

Articles 196–288

196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 206 207 208 208 bis (a)208 bis (b)208 bis (c)208 bis (e)209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 251 bis 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 276 bis 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288

Articles 289–387

289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387

Articles 388–477

388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 419 bis 419 419 419 419 419 419 419 419 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477

Articles 478–560

478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560

Amending laws

Law 396/1956 · published 29 November 1956, in force from 29 November 1956
Law 57/1959 · published 21 February 1959, in force from 21 February 1959
Law 37/1972 · published 28 September 1972, in force from 28 September 1972
Law 174/1998 · published 20 December 1998, in force from 4 January 1999
Law 145/2006 · published 27 July 2006, in force from 28 July 2006
Law 74/2007 · published 31 May 2007, in force from 1 October 2007
Law 71/2009 · published 14 May 2009, in force from 15 May 2009
Law 83/2013 · published 23 September 2013, in force from 24 September 2013
Law 11/2017 · published 27 April 2017, in force from 28 April 2017
Law 177/2020 · published 5 September 2020, in force from 6 September 2020
Law 1/2024 · published 16 January 2024, in force from 17 January 2024
Law 174/2025 · published 12 November 2025, in force from 1 October 2026
Law 16/2015
Law 153/2007
Law 80/1997
Law 93/1995
Law 97/1992

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