The House of Representatives rejects a proposal to delete Article 67 from the new draft criminal procedure law
The Minister of Parliamentary Councils, Counselor Mahmoud Fawzi, confirmed that the government adheres to the text of Article 67 of the Criminal Procedure Code.< /span>
This came in response to a request by Representative Atef Al-Maghawri, a member of the House of Representatives, to delete it. The minister said: The article is not new and represents an obligation on the part of the investigating authorities. It aims to preserve secrets that affect the investigation and stipulates that the prosecution must Do not disclose information to the public, and anyone who violates it will be punished That.
The Minister of Parliamentary Councils, Counselor Mahmoud Fawzi, said: "The article is an obligation on specific persons, not the journalist or anyone else, and this is consistent with the spirit of the constitution. The article also represents the inclusion of the right to privacy, and non-disclosure of information because it conflicts with privacy. The addressees of the article are members of the judicial authority.
The House of Representatives rejected a proposal to delete Article 67 of the new draft criminal procedure law, which requires maintaining the confidentiality of investigations, and MP Atef Al-Maghawari, head of the parliamentary body of the National Progressive Rally Party, demanded the deletion of Article “67” which states " Except in cases where the Public Prosecution or the competent investigating authority issues official statements, the investigation procedures themselves and the results they yield are considered secrets, and the members of the Public Prosecution and their assistants, including writers, experts, and others who are connected to the investigation or attending it because of their job or profession, must not disclose them, and are punished. Whoever violates this will be subject to the penalty stipulated in Article 310 of the Law Penalties.
The Council rejected the representative’s request, and the Advisor, Dr. Chairman of the Council, confirmed that this article is an additional guarantee to preserve the confidentiality of data and information contained in the investigations, and the Council approved the article as concluded by the Joint Committee.< /span>
The session approved the article as it is, and stipulates Article 67 " In cases other than in which the Public Prosecution or the competent investigating authority issues official statements, the investigation procedures themselves and the results they yield are considered secrets, and members of the Public Prosecution and their assistants, including clerks, experts, and others who are connected to the investigation or attending it because of their job or profession, must not disclose them, and are punished. Whoever violates this will be subject to the penalty stipulated in Article 310 of the Penal Code. .