Sisi Ratifies Penal Code Amendments to Confront Sexual Harassment

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ratified Law No. 141 of 2021 amending some provisions of the Penal Code promulgated by Law No. 58 of 1937.

The Penal law stipulates that anyone who commits indecent exposure or sexual harassment in a public or private, including allusions, or insinuations, whether by gesture, word, or deed, by any means, including the use of electronic communications, and social media will be subject to a penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than two years and not exceeding four years and a fine of no less than 100,000 pounds and not more than 200,000 pounds or one of these two penalties.

If the act is repeated by the offender during the pursuit, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a period of not less than three years and not exceeding five years and a fine of no less than 200,000 pounds and not more than 300,000 pounds, or either of these two penalties.

The amendments also include criminalizing the commitment to benefiting from sexual exploitation and abuse. The offender shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of not less than five years and a fine of no less than 200,000 pounds and not exceeding 300,000 pounds, or either of these two penalties.

The decision was published in today's official gazette.