The Terrifying, Intimidating “Thuggery” according to Egypt criminal act

The Supreme Council of the Egypt Armed Forces has issued this decree during 2011, this decree was so important to face the Thuggery which was Spreading in all over the Egypt after revolution, according to the Legislative Decree No. 10 of 2011

Subject to any more stringent penalty prescribed in another provision, a penalty of detention for a period of not less than one year shall be inflicted on whoever, personally or through others, displays force in face of another person or hints at using violence with him, threatens him with applying violence or force with him or with his spouse or one of his ascendants or descendant, or threatens to accuse him or any of them maliciously, in order to disgrace and denigrate him, or to outrage the inviolability of his intimate life or that of any of them, in order to terrify the victim or intimidate him with harming him bodily or morally or assault him indecently, or steal his money, levy a benefit from him, affecting his will in order to control him or compel him to perform something the law does not obligate him to do, or force him to refrain from performing a legal work, or hinder the enforcement of laws, or regulations, or resist the enforcement of self-executed judicial or legal rulings, orders or procedures, so long as such deed or threat is liable to plant terror ill the heart of the victim, disturb his peace, serenity, or security, risk his life and safety or cause damage to some of his properties, or interests or affect his personal freedom, honor, dignity or integrity of his will.

The penalty to be inflicted shall be that of detention for a period of not less than two years, the deed or threat is committed by two or more persons, or accompanied with an animal arousing horror, or if he carries an arm or sharp tool or a stick, or any solid body or electrical article or a scalding, caustic, gaseous, stupefaction, soporific, or any other harmful material.

The penalty to be inflicted shall be that of detention for a period of not less than two years and not exceeding five years, if the deed or threat is directed to a female, or a person below eighteen complete calendar years of age. In all cases the court shall rule placing the convict on parole by police for a period equal to the penalty inflicted on him.

The minimum limit and ceiling of the penalty prescribed for any other occurring misdemeanor shall be doubled on basis of committing the crime prescribed in the previous Article. The ceiling of the imprisonment and temporary hard labor penalties shall be raised to twenty years for any other felony on the ground of its commitment.

The penalty shall be that of temporary hard labor or imprisonment if the felony of wound, beating, giving noxious materials that lead to death as prescribed in Article 236, on the basis of committing the crime prescribed in the previous Article.

If it is coupled with malice aforethought, the punishment shall be that of permanent or temporary hard labor. The penalty shall be sentencing to death if the crime prescribed in the previous Article is preceded, coupled, connected or followed by a felon of willful murder as prescribed in the first clause of Article 234. In all cases the court shall rule that the convict who is punished with a custodial penalty be put on parole by police for a period equal to that of the penalty inflicted on him, providing it shall not be less than one year and shall not exceed five years.