Part II of the Act No. 38 of 1972 in the Council set the conditions for nomination to the People's assembly, and Act No. 73 of 1956 regulated the exercise of political rights, restrictions controlling registeration to the electoral lists, and restrictions controlling the referendum and election processes
conditions for nomination to the People's assembly
1 - to be of Egyptian nationality, the father of the Egyptian.
2 - to be registered in the electoral schedule, and should not have been found any reason for the cancellation of registration in accordance with the law for that.
3 - to be of age of thirty-year-old at least on election day.
4 - to know to read and write.
5 - to have completed compulsory military service or exempted from the performance in accordance with the law.
6 - may not be dropped from the membership by a decision of the People's Assembly or the Shura Council or by the loss of confidence or for the breach of the duties of the membership application of the provisions of Article 96 of the Constitution, however, may stand in any of the following circumstance:
(A) the expiration of the legislative term during which the decision to drop his membership.
(B) a decision of the Council of the People's Assembly or the Shura Council to cancel the nomination of anti-reaching impact of the drop-ended because of a breach of its obligations and the Council issued a decision in this case, the consent of a majority of its members on the proposal of the thirty members, after the expiry of the role, which was convened during which the decision dropping membership.
- A request for nominations for membership of the people's assembly is presented in writing to the Security Directorate of the county that the candidate wishes to represent one of its constituencies, and within the period specified by the Minister of the Interior's decision that is not less than five days from the date of the reopening of the nomination.
The application form to be accompanied by the delivery of the deposit of the amount of 1000 Egyptian pounds to maintain the Security Directorate of the Treasury and the relevant documents specified by the Minister of the Interior's decision to establish the conditions which Ittalbhahma law for the nomination, and established the status of the worker or the farmer is accompanied by a declaration made by the candidate supported by the documents. The papers and documents submitted by the candidate papers in the application of the provisions of the Penal Code. Exempt the candidate who exceeded the age thirty-fifth session of the certificate to perform compulsory military service or forgiveness.
- Restrict the applications according to chronological order in a special register and receipts were given and followed in the submission procedures established by the minister of interiors's decision
- The examination of the applications and decision on the status of the candidate from the fact that the documents provided by the rule according to the preceding article and the preparation of statements of the candidates,is done by a committee or more in each province, chaired by a member of the judicial bodies of the President of the Court of degree or equivalent and membership of one of the members of these bodies to judge the degree or equivalent chosen by the Minister of Justice and a representative of the Ministry of the Interior and the minister of his choice. The formation of this committee is issued based on a decision of the Minister of the Interior.
- In the constituency before the election revealed the names of the candidates, and demonstrate the capacity in which each of them, during the four days following the closure of the nomination and in the manner designated by the Minister of the Interior's decision, and each made a nomination is not prepared to reveal his name to that requested by the Committee provided for in this article and the inclusion of his name during the introduction of the disclosure in question. Each candidate will be an objection to the inclusion of the name of any of the candidates or to prove incorrect as his name or the name of the other candidates to disclose his name on it for the duration of presentation of the disclosure in question. And determine the objections referred to during a maximum period of seven days from the date of closure of the nomination committee or more is a decision of the Minister of the Interior in each district headed by a member of the judicial bodies of the adviser or equivalent degree and membership of a member of the judicial bodies of a judge or a degree equivalent to least chosen by the Minister of Justice and a representative of the Ministry of the Interior chosen by its minister.
- the names of the candidates to be published in each constituency and in two daily newspapers of a large deployment.
- The candidate's right to obtain an official copy of the agenda of voters in the constituency where he is a candidate for a fee determined by the Minister of the Interior, but not to charge beyond the fifty pounds. And recognizes this image to a candidate are exempt from stamp duty within ten days from the date of the application.
- all political parties and all candidates for membership of the people's assembly are responsible for their election campaign with the principles approved by the people in the referendum on 20 April, 1979, as well as the principles set out in Article I of the Act No. 33 of 1978 on the protection of the home front, social peace and the means and methods as well as the organization of campaigning and the maximum amounts that may be spent, and all this in accordance with the rules established by a decision of the Minister of the Interior. And announced the interior minister's decision referred to in the daily newspapers and a large deployment. For the governor to order the removal of the relevant posters and all other means of propaganda used in contravention of the provisions of the rules referred to in the first paragraph at the expense of the candidate. Whoever violates the provisions of paragraph first sentence set forth in Article XIII of the Act on the protection of the internal front and social peace No. 33 for the year 1978, without prejudice to the provisions of the Act or Act No. 40 of 1977 on political parties or any greater penalty stipulated in the Penal Code or any other law.
The violation of the provisions of the electoral law of crimes subject to the provisions of Article II of the Act regulating the exercise of political rights to No. 73 in 1956 with regard to the deprivation of the exercise of political rights. Decide cases arising from breach of the provisions of this law as a matter of urgency
- No one may run in more than one electoral district, if he ran in more than one, was considered a candidate in the constituency under which he candidated first.
- For each candidate to give up the nomination by the record to declare to the Directorate of Security to maintain the day before the election at least ten days and prove to waive his name revealed in the candidates in the constituency if he had seized on the disclosure. Shall be waived on election day at the door of the headquarters of the constituency and sub-committees, and is published by the Ministry of Interior announced that the waiver, in two daily newspapers and a large deployment before the date fixed for the election well in advance.
- The President of the Republic in exceptional circumstances to limit the dates set forth in articles 6, 9 and 13 of this Law.
- Member of the Board shall be elected by absolute majority of the people, the number of valid votes given in the election, if the two laureates on the absolute majority of the workers and peasants, however, announced the election of their winning the largest number of votes, and re-election among the candidates in the constituency of workers and peasants who obtained the greatest number of of the votes in this case, declaring the election of their winning the largest number of votes. If there was no absolute majority for one candidate in the constituency re-election from among the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes, to be at least half of the workers and peasants, and in this case, announced Monday the election of obtaining the highest number of votes, provided that at least one of the workers and peasants .
- If not nominated in the constituency, one of only two of the workers or peasants, at least, the election in time and was declared the winner of them should receive the 10% of the number of voters enrolled in the Service. If no candidate in the constituency, only one person declared victory in the election if the ratio referred to in the preceding paragraph, is a supplementary election for the selection of the second member from among the workers and peasants, if the declared victory of the others. If nominated in the constituency, more than two candidates was only one of the workers and peasants that the candidate was declared the winner if the ratio referred to the election held to select the second member from among the rest, and if there was no absolute majority for one re-election between the two with the highest votes. In a situation of getting the candidate on the ten per cent indicated in the preceding paragraphs shall be a supplementary election for the seat which was in the running to him.
- If a vacant place by the end of the elected term of office shall be a supplementary election to elect a replacement, without prejudice by virtue of the first paragraph of Article III of this Act. If there is a vacant place appointees named his replacement. In both cases, the duration of the new member continue to be completed until the term of office of his predecessor.
- After announcing the result of the election is called for nomination to the amount deposited by maintaining the Treasury after deducting what may be owed by the expense of publication and the removal of posters, according to the articles of this law 9,11,13.
- Must submit the appeal to annul the election in accordance with Article 93 of the Constitution to the President of the People's Assembly within the fifteen days following the election result was announced, involving the reasons on which it was built, and certified by the signature of the applicant. The governing rules of procedure of the Council of procedures to be followed in the adjudication of the validity of appeals and the validity of the membership.
restrictions controlling registeration to the electoral lists
- Must be recorded in the tables of the election every one who has the right to exercise the political rights of males and females, however,for those who acquired Egyptian nationality by naturalization will not be registered only if they have passed at least five years to gain it.
- the election tables are established where the names of people who meet the requirements of the voter in the first of November of each year until the thirty-first of January of the following year did not suffer any of the inhibitors that block the exercise of political rights, and the exposure of such tables in the first of the month of February to the last day of it , in the place and the manner identified by the executive regulations of this law.
- the list displays districts of which each of them has a special election agenda, also includes how to prepare a list of election schedules and content and method of review, modification and presentation and where they were archived and the formation of committees, which registers and other than what is stipulated in this Law.
- The Public Prosecutor to inform the Ministry of the Interior final judgments that have the effect of deprivation of political rights directly or stopped. In the case of dismissal of employees in the public sector or for reasons involving moral turpitude by the Group, which was followed by this report. Must be reported in all cases within fifteen days from the date on which a final ruling or decision.
- the Registration Committee to request from whom registered his name or from whom being intended to prove his identity, age and nationality.
- the candidate May not be nominated to the voters in more than one electoral list.
- May not make any amendment to the agenda after the election call on voters to vote or referendum, to begin the dates set forth in Article V, and then full again the next day of the Declaration of the Minister of the Interior result of the election or referendum.
- Voting place is the home where that person lives in, however, he may choose the name under which his main place of business or in which it has an interest or the family staying. The executive regulation organizes the manner in which the selection and appointment is done. And if the voter's home election to announce this change the way they have to be in accordance with the preceding paragraph.
- Voting place to the Egyptians living abroad, enrolled in the Egyptian consulate, at the end point is usually where they were living in Egypt prior to travel, and the Egyptians who work for the Egyptian ships in the Voting shall be their home port of the ship, which restricted working out.
- Tables must be submitted to vote. The executive regulations organize the method of presentation and method of delivery.
- For any one who has neglected to register in th electoral table without the right to or there was an error in data entry or special conditions in which the barriers from registering were removed after the liberation of the table, to ask to register his name or under correction of the data for the ligature. And all registered voters named in a schedule the election, be required under the name of the unjustly neglected, or delete the names of the restriction, however, the right or correct the data for the ligature. And such requests must be submitted to the fifteenth day of the month of March each year and submit in writing to the Director to maintain the security and restricted by the date they are received in a special register, and receipts given to the applicants.
- Rule on the requests referred to in the preceding article is processed by a committee comprised of the President of the Court of First Instance of the province and the head office of the Director of Security and the Attorney General chosen by the head of the Attorney General, during the week of the date of submission. The decisions to stakeholders during the three days of the date of issue.
- For each of the refusal of his request or the appeal was decided to delete the name without charges in the Commission's decision referred to in the preceding article at the administrative tribunal competent. And the Registry of this Court under those requests as they are received in a special register and notify the applicant and the head of the Registration Committee and the Chairman of the Committee set forth in the preceding article and the relevant book recommended by the arrival of the knowledge of the specific meeting for the consideration of the appeal, to be notified prior to that at least five days .
- Any voter named in the limited scale of the election to go against the court in any dispute concerning the application of any name or deleted.
- the administrative court of appeals rules as a matter of urgency and the judgments in this regard are not challenged by any of the methods of appeal. The court may refuse to rule on his appeal of the fine to exceed one hundred pounds.
- Registry of the Court Administrator to inform the Security Directorate of the governorate and the registeration committees to amend the registration provisions of the tables and during the five days following the publication.
- Chairman of the Commission hands to each one registered his name a certificate of election, determined its form and content and the method of delivery to stakeholders in the Regulations.
restrictions controlling the referendum and election processes
- The date of the general election shall be appointed by the President, and the supplementary decision of the Minister of the Interior, and the issuance of the decision before the time fixed for holding the elections at least thirty days. The conditions in the referendum, the resolution must include the subject of the referendum and the date appointed, and by taking into account the deadlines set out in the event of a referendum scheduled for the Constitution.
- Announced the decision to invite the voters to vote or referendum, its publication in the Official paper.
- Minister of the Interior determines the number of public committees and subcommittees would hold the referendum and the election shall be appointed by their headquarters, are all of these committees by the President and a number of members at least two shall be appointed by the Secretary for each committee. And identify each of the heads of committees and sub-committees, members of judicial bodies, and select committees of the Trustees of the State or the public enterprise sector or the public sector. The judicial authority to determine all its members, who approve the choice to oversee the voting process, and send a statement of their names to the Minister of Justice, to coordinate them in the committee chairs, but else it is their choice after their approval.
And produces the formation of committees and sub-custodians and the decision of the Minister of the Interior. In all cases, determine the resolution of the formation of these committees to replace the President in his absence or the presence of an excuse preventing him from working. In the case of the referendum committee members selected by the President of the voters who know how to read and write and recorded their names on the election agenda in the region, which is the headquarters of the Commission.
In the case of elections for membership of the People's Assembly and Shura Council, each candidate may assign a member of the voters in the scope of the General Committee to represent him in with the Assembly - and a member of the voters listed in the tables restricted Election Sub-Commission on the representation of the Sub-Commission and to inform the Chairman of the Committee in writing the previous day If on election day had half an hour on the time set for the start of the election process without bringing the number of delegates to the two completed the President from among the number of voters present and know how to read and write their names in the restricted scope of the Committee to face the past - If the number of delegates to the six and being unable to agree candidates were appointed by the Chairman of the Committee by lot from among the delegates.
As well as each candidate to be entrusted by one of the enrolled voters of the constituency to represent him in front of each of the subsidiary or general election shall have the right to enter the agent in the direct elections during the election process and to request the Chairman of the Committee wish to prove the record of his observations of the meeting, but may not to enter the Hall of the election not to be in this situation, and it is enough to believe in this power of attorney from one of administrative bodies, and without making the certification, even if one of the competent authorities before the ratification of the signatures may not be representative of the Mayor or the agent or old, even if suspended.
- If one temporarily absent members of the Committee or the Secretary, the President appointed a replacement from among the audience of voters who know how to read and write.
- The maintenance of order in the General Election Commission is entrusted to the President, with the request of the police or military force, if necessary, that may not come to the police or military force, the election only at the request of the Chairman of the Committee. The General Election is the building where the elections and the space around it, and the Chairman of the Committee shall determine prior to the commencement of this elimination process.
- non-voters may not attend the election committee and their presence is prohibited, carrying a weapon and candidates may be present in the election room
- the election or referendum continue from eight in the morning to seven in the evening hours, however, if found in the General election to the voters at seven in the evening did not liberate the disclosure of their names and continue the process of election or until after the referendum to express their views.
- casting a vote in the election or in the referendum is made by notation on the card for that. And the Chairman of the Committee recognizes that the card is open to all voters in the development of the back seal and the date of the election or referendum and the voter a firestorm of criticism, some of the districts allocated to express an opinion on the election itself, having proved his opinion on the card returns to the president, who folded in the special fund established by the election card, while Secretary of the Committee put the same disclosure in reference to the name of voters who expressed the view of the voter.
In order to ensure the confidentiality of the election or referendum, associated with the name of each candidate for election or each subject for referendum a symbol or a color on cards as determined by the decision of the Minister of the Interior.
As indicated in the Regulations form and contents of the card and the manner and may be marked by the use of a pencil.
However, for the blind and others with disabilities who could not cast their votes on the election or referendum cards to cast it orally, to be listened by committee members only, and the Secretary of the Committee's proves the voter's card and signed by the President and the voter marks the name of a spouse in the detection of voters, including that he expressed his view on that aspect.
May also be for those voters, to entrust to those who attend with them before the committee to codify their opinion on the election or a referendum dealt with by the President and to prove this representation in the record.
- A voter may not cast his opinion more than once in a single election or referendum.
- To each voter to submit to the Commission to give his opinion a certificate of his name registeration in the electoral schedules and to prove his character by any means, including the representatives of candidates to know his or her personality, and for those who lost their certificates to accept their votes whenever he is listed to the voters schedules in the committee.
- Chairman of the Committee on the election or referendum to sign the election certificate to the effect that the voter has given his voice, and the Secretary of the Committee to sign the disclosure in the name of the voter in front of the voters who expressed his opinion to that effect.
However, in cases of voters may vote who is in a city or village, town or village, however, restricted the name to express their views in front of the Referendum Commission, which has the relevant area, provided to the testimony of this election campaign.
In this case the Secretary proves - based on facts of the data in the testimony - the name of the voter and the electoral native title, and the Center section, or Bandar or registration number in the election, and in the separate detection of free copies signed by the Chairman of the Committee and its members and secretary. The President handing over a copy of this disclosure to the officer of police station, in which his district committeeheadquarters is.
- All views are considered invalid clause attached to or given to the more or less than the required number of elected, or if the voter's opinion on the proved card non-handed to him by the Chairman of the Committee, or a paper signed by the voter or any sign or other sign indicating it.
- Chairman of the Sub-Commission announced the conclusion of the voting process when the time has come to designate, the sealed boxes and election or referendum papers, and delivered them to the Chairman of the Committee Chairman of the Committee for the count.
It consists of the screening committee chaired by the President of the General Committee and the membership of two of the heads of sub-committees chosen by the President of the General Committee, the secretariat of the Committee shall count the Secretary of the Committee, and the presence of the Chairman of each subcommittee during the screening of papers for the election or referendum, and the screening committee to entrust him with a count under the supervision.
Each candidate to be entrusted by the Commission to attend the screening and that in the Chamber to which nominated, and the Commission must complete its task in the next day at most. The liberation of the Commission on procedures for counting the minutes to sort out the box of each of the sub-signed by the Chairman of the Committee on the screening and the Secretary and the Chairman of the Sub-Commission.
- the screening committee rules in all matters relating to the election or referendum in the validity or invalidity of each voter to express his opinion. The deliberations are confidential, and only the Chairman of the Committee and its members attend them, decisions shall be issued in the case of an absolute majority of votes. In case of ties, the side where the President is from wins. The decisions are recorded in the minutes of the Committee shall be reasoned and signed by the Chairman of the Committee, its members and announced by the President publically.
- Chairman of the Committee announced the result of the general election or referendum and the number received by each candidate of the votes in his constituency, and is signed by the Secretary of the Commission's public meeting on the two copies of the documentation, send one with the papers all the election or referendum to the Secretary of the Interior directly, and the second copy shall be kept at the Directorate of security.
- the result of the general election or referendum is declared based on the decision of the Minister of the Interior during the three days following the arrival of the minutes of the committees, or referendum to the election.
- The Minister of the Interior following the election result was announced send to all of the candidates elected a certificate of his election.