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Subsection Three: The Military Judiciary
Article 204: Definition, mandate, military trial of civilians
The Military Judiciary is an independent judiciary that adjudicates exclusively in all
crimes related to the armed forces, its officers, personnel, and their equals, and in the
crimes committed by general intelligence personnel during and because of the
service.
Civilians cannot stand trial before military courts except for crimes that represent a
direct assault against military facilities, military barracks, or whatever falls under
their authority; stipulated military or border zones; its equipment, vehicles,
weapons, ammunition, documents, military secrets, public funds or military factories;
crimes related to conscription; or crimes that represent a direct assault against its
officers or personnel because of the performance of their duties.
The law defines such crimes and determines the other competencies of the Military
Judiciary.
Members of the Military Judiciary are autonomous and cannot be dismissed. They
share the securities, rights and duties stipulated for members of other judiciaries.
• Advisory bodies to the head of state
Subsection Four: The National Security Council
Article 205: Composition, mandate
• Legislative committees
The National Security Council is established. It is presided over by the President of
the Republic and includes in its membership the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Interior, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Justice, the
Minister of Health, the Chief of the General Intelligence Services, and the Heads of
the Committees of Defense and National Security in the House of Representatives.
The Council adopts strategies for establishing security in the country and facing
disasters and crises of all kinds, takes necessary measures to contain them, identifies
sources of threat to Egyptian national security, whether at home or abroad, and
undertakes necessary actions to address them on the official and popular levels.
The Council may invite whoever is seen as being of relevant expertise to attend its
meetings without having their votes counted.
Other competencies and regulations are defined by law.
Subsection Five: The Police Force
Article 206: Mandate
The police force is a statutory civil body that is in the service of the people. Its loyalty
is to the people. It ensures safety and security to citizens, preserves public order and
morality. It is committed to undertake the duties imposed on it by the Constitution
and the law, and to respect human rights and basic rights. The state guarantees that
members of the police force perform their duties. Guarantees for that are organized
by law.
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