The provisions of the present law shall apply to any person who commits in the Egyptian country
one of the crimes prescribed in it.
Article 2
The provisions of the present law shall also apply to the persons mentioned here below:
First: Any person who commits abroad a deed that renders him/her a doer or accomplice in an
offense that lakes place wholly or partially in the Egyptian country.
Second: Any person who commits abroad one of the following crimes:
A. A felony against the government's security, as prescribed in Part 1 and 2 of Book II of the
present law.
B. A felony of forgery as prescribed in article 206 of the present law.
C. A felony of counterfeit, forgery or falsification of a currency note or coin as prescribed in article
202, or a felony of bringing into or taking out of Egypt that counterfeit, forged or false currency
note or coin, circulating it, or possessing it for the purpose of circulating or dealing with it as
prescribed in article 203, providing the currency is legally circulated in Egypt.
Article 3
Any Egyptian committing abroad a deed considered to be a felony or misdemeanor under the
present law, shall be liable to punishment by virtue of its provisions if he/she returns to the country
and the deed is punishable by virtue of the law of the country where it is committed.
Article 4
The popular action shall not be brought against the perpetuator of an offense or deed abroad,
except by the public prosecution.
It shall not be brought against a person who establishes that the foreign courts have acquitted
him/her from the charge leveled against him/her, or have passed a final judgement against him/her,
and he/she fulfilled his/her penalty.
Article 5