Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003
Article 80 - Penalties for Violations of Articles (30) and (39)
A penalty of confinement to prison for a period not exceeding three months and a fine of
not less than five thousand pounds and not exceeding twenty thousand pounds or either
penalty shall be inflicted on whoever violates the provisions of Articles (30) and (39) of
this law.
Article 81 - Penalties for Violations of Article (65)
A penalty of confinement to prison and a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and
not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds shall be inflicted on whoever violates any of
the provisions of article (64) of this law.
The court shall, in addition, pass a ruling temporarily suspending the license pending
provision, by the violator, of the equipment, systems, and Telecommunication software
and programs referred to in that article.
Article 82- Penalties for Violations of Article (68)
A penalty of confinement to prison shall be inflicted on whoever infringes the summons
orders prescribed in article (67) of this law.
The penalty shall be confinement to jail if the crime takes place in time of war or in the
cases for which general mobilization is declared according to the provisions of law no. 87
of 1960 on General Mobilization.
In all cases, the court shall pass a ruling temporarily suspending the license pending
execution, by the violator, of the summons order issued to him.
Article 83 - Penalties for Breach of Set Prices
A penalty of confinement to prison and a fine of not less than twenty thousand pounds
and not exceeding two hundred thousand pounds or either penalty shall be inflicted on
every service provider who fails to abide by the health and environmental safety
standards and conditions or the construction measures referred to in articles (6, 35, 36,
and 37) of this law. The court shall, in addition, pass a ruling ordering the removal of the
causes of the violation. Such removal shall be accomplished by the violator within the
period determined therefore by the administration concerned. In case of negligence or
inactiveness, the administration concerned or whoever it assigns shall execute such
removal, and in all cases it shall be done at the expense of the violator.
Article 84- Penalties for Environmental and Health Safety Violations
A fine penalty of not less than ten thousand pounds and not exceeding fifty thousand
pounds shall be inflicted on whoever infringes the commitment prescribed in articles
(19,21 "third clause", 28 "items 1 and 3", and 59 "second clause") of this law. In case of
recurrence, the penalty shall be multiplied in its minimum and maximum limits.
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