“ Persons with Disabilities Law Proposal“

Law proposal

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Public Policy Analysis and Human Rights Unit

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, Maat for Peace, Development, and Human Rights

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The Universal Periodic Review as a Tool to Improve Public Policies during the Transition

January 2017

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A proposed law on the rights of persons with disabilities

 In the name of the people

President of the Republic

After perusal of the constitution;

And on civil law;

And the penal code;

And the Code of Criminal Procedure;

And the Customs Law promulgated by Law No. 66 of 1963;

And the Presidential Decree of the United Arab Republic of Law No. 75 of 1964 in the matter of health insurance for government workers, local administration bodies, public bodies and public institutions;

And the Universities Organization Law promulgated by Law No. 49 of 1972;

Law No. 53 of 1973 regarding the state budget;

Law No. 39 of 1975 regarding the rehabilitation of the disabled;

And the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Law No. 79 of 1975;

And the State's Civil Workers Law promulgated by Law No. 47 of 1978;

And the Education Law promulgated by Law No. 139 of 1981;

The Child Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 1996 and its amendments;

And the Civil Associations and Institutions Law promulgated by Law No. 84 of 2002;

And the Labor Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 2003;

And the Central Bank, Banking and Monetary System Law promulgated by Law No. 88 of 2003;

And the Income Tax Law promulgated by Law No. 91 of 2005;

And the Building Law promulgated by Law No. 119 of 2008;

And the Private and Private Universities Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 2009;

And the Social Security Law promulgated by Law No. 137 of 2010;

And Law No. 106 of 2013 Concerning Prohibition of Conflicting Interests of State Officials;

And Presidential Decree No. 400 of 2007 approving the International Convention for the Protection of Persons with Disabilities signed in New York on 3/30/2007;

and after the Council of Ministers' agreement;

After consulting the Supreme Council of Police,

And based on what the State Council decided.

The draft law has decided the following

 

Transitional provisions

Article one

The provisions of the accompanying law regarding the rights of persons with disabilities shall be enforced in order to promote and protect their rights, to ensure their full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with others, to enhance their inherent dignity, to eliminate all kinds of discrimination on the basis of disability, and to integrate persons with disabilities into society. And secure a decent life for them, and the provisions of this law also apply to foreign residents, on condition of reciprocity.

second subject

The Prime Minister issues the executive regulations of the accompanying law, and the ministers, each in his capacity, issue the necessary decisions to implement its provisions, after taking the opinion of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities within six months from the date of its implementation, and the regulations and decisions in force shall continue to be enforced in a manner that does not contradict the provisions of this law The accompanying, until the issuance of the necessary regulations and decisions, and all parties related to the provisions of the attached law must adjust their positions in accordance with these provisions within a period not exceeding one year from the date of its implementation.

Article Three

Law No. 39 of 1975 regarding the rehabilitation of the handicapped shall be repealed, and any provision that contradicts the provisions of the attached law shall be repealed

Article IV

This law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be enforced from the day following the date of its publication.

Part One (General Provisions)

Article (1)

A person with a disability means every person who has a deficiency, or a complete or partial defect, whether it is physical, mental, mental, or sensory, whenever he is stable, which prevents him from participating fully and effectively with society and on an equal basis with others.

A person whose height ranges between 70 and 140 cm after puberty is considered dwarf regardless of the medical reason for this, and dwarfism is considered a category of disability.

The executive regulations shall indicate the cases in which a person is considered to have a disability, in terms of gender, degree, and the extent of their stability

Article (2)

• In the application of the provisions of this law, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning indicated next to each of them:
• Competent Ministry: Ministry of Persons with Disabilities.
• Concerned Minister: Minister of the Ministry of Persons with Disabilities.
• The Council: The National Council for Persons with Disabilities.
• Secretary General: Secretary General of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities.
• Disability: the total or partial defect that affects a person in his body, mind, mind or sense, whenever he is stable, which prevents him from participating fully and effectively with society and on an equal basis with others.
• Defect: structural, functional, or psychological deficiency that affects a part, organ or system in the human body.
• Prevention: medical, psychological, social, educational, organizational, environmental, informational or other measures aimed at preventing or reducing the occurrence of the defect, early detection, and minimizing the negative effects resulting from it.
• Empowerment: removing barriers and facilitating and providing opportunities for a person with a disability to develop his capabilities and capabilities to obtain his rights, fulfill his responsibilities, and participate in planning and decision-making in his affairs and his contributions to the development of society.
• Social protection: Persons with disabilities enjoy all their rights on an equal basis with others, including their right to social security and an adequate standard of living, ensuring their participation in economic programs and policies that contribute strongly to reducing poverty, exclusion and inequality, and promoting stability and social cohesion in order to meet their needs. By securing income and access to health care and inclusion within society and protecting them from crises and disasters so that economic stability and social justice are achieved.
• Care: The necessary services provided to a person with a disability in proportion to the type, degree and stability of his disability, and with his social conditions, needs, preferences, choices and rights.
• Communication: Sending, receiving and exchanging appropriate means of communication between persons with disabilities and some of them, and between them and others of all kinds, including the means of modern technology and languages of various forms and types, including speech language, sign language, lip and throat movement language, Braille and others, which allow the communication process.
• Discrimination on the basis of disability: limitation, restriction, exclusion, nullification, or denial, due to disability, of any of the human rights or fundamental freedoms stipulated in the constitution or in any other legislation.
• Availability: The equipment or procedures necessary to reach an inclusive and physically, socially, informative and material environment in order to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise their rights and freedoms on an equal basis with others.
• Reasonable accommodation: procedures, measures, or temporary modifications aimed at achieving harmonization in the event that full accessibility cannot be achieved, with the aim of ensuring that persons with disabilities enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms and exercise them on the basis of equality with others until full access is achieved.
• Comprehensive inclusion: The use of all services, activities, public facilities and means of education for persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others in society, without exclusion or exclusion in various aspects of life through policies, plans, measures, programs, awareness and effective participation.
• Rehabilitation: multi-component services that aim to enable a person with a disability to restore, achieve or develop his physical, mental, professional, social, psychological, or economic capabilities, investing them and using them to ensure his independence, and his full participation and participation in all aspects of life on an equal basis with others.
• Qualification certificate: The certificate stipulated in Article (19) of this law, which is given to a person with a disability who has completed his rehabilitation, and in which the profession for which he has been rehabilitated, the degree of his rehabilitation, the type and degree of defect, and his health fitness regarding that profession are recorded.
• Community-based rehabilitation: A strategy within the framework of community development that works and is based on the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, enabling them to exercise their rights and freedoms, integrating them, and providing them with equal opportunities in society through the concerted efforts of their families, families, members of society and its organizations to assist in this integration and activate and use all appropriate services available in society.
• Disability Proof Card: The card provided for in Article (4) of this law issued to a person with disabilities, which is the only approved method for proving disability, its type and degree, and is acceptable to all governmental and non-governmental agencies.
• Integrated Services Card for Persons with Disabilities: A card issued by the Ministry to persons with disabilities to assist them in obtaining various services, facilities and benefits established for them in accordance with the applicable legislation.
• The register of persons with disabilities seeking rehabilitation: the register established in the bodies and means of social rehabilitation, intended to record the names of persons with disabilities seeking rehabilitation, and in which data relating to the classification of the type, degree and percentages of disability, the professions for which they are rehabilitated, and the extent of their abilities regarding these professions are proven.
• The register of persons with disabilities who obtained a qualification certificate: the register established in the bodies and means of social rehabilitation, intended to register the names of persons with disabilities who obtained qualification certificates.
• Register of Persons with Disabilities Wanting to Work: The register established in the Ministry concerned with Labor Affairs and its administrative authorities, intended for registering the names of persons seeking work with disabilities, in which data on the level of qualification or academic qualification, work, the appropriate place for the student, the work he was attached to, the date of enrollment, and follow-up reports are proven. .
• Register of persons with disabilities attached to work: the register in every public or private establishment to which persons with disabilities are attached, in which the names, data and occupations of these persons are recorded, the work assigned to them, the date of joining the establishment and the follow-up reports.
• The Register of Persons with Disabilities who seek housing: A registry established in the Ministry of Housing and Housing Directorates in the governorates in which the data of persons with disabilities who wish to obtain housing units owned by the state are recorded.
• Quality standards: the standard specifications that suit the needs of a person with a disability according to the type and degree of his disability and his various capabilities, whether with regard to medicines, prosthetic devices, aids or services provided to him, and a declaration is issued by the ministers, each in his area of responsibility.
• Engineering Code: The foundations, standards, controls and special requirements that must be met in public buildings and facilities to facilitate their use by persons with disabilities.
• Access to Communications and Information Technology: Removing barriers to ensure that persons with disabilities can access information and communication technologies, including the Internet, electronic services and emergency services.
• Executive Regulations: The executive regulations for this law.

Article (3)

The state is obligated to protect the rights of persons with disabilities mentioned in this law or in any other law, and in particular the following rights:

1. Non-discrimination based on disability, gender, or gender of the person with disability.
2. Effective equality in the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in the civil, social, economic, humanitarian and political fields, and fundamental freedoms.
3. Creating appropriate conditions for their proper living, in a framework of respect for human dignity.
4. Ensure their rights stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant international conventions in force in Egypt, and not to undertake any action or practice that conflicts with the provisions of these charters.
5. Respect for their dignity and autonomy, including the freedom to exercise their choices on their own and with their independent will.
6. The right of persons with disabilities to freely express their opinions and to give these views due consideration when making decisions about everything that affects them in a way that ensures their full and effective participation in society, respect for differences, and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and human nature.
7. Respecting the evolving capacities of children with disabilities, respecting their right to preserve their identity and express their views freely in all matters affecting them, with due consideration given to their opinions according to their age and maturity, on the basis of equality with other children, and to provide information and assistance in exercising that right In proportion to their disability and their age.
8. Equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and others.
9. Equality between men and women with disabilities.
10. Not depriving persons with disabilities of the right to marry and found a family with full consent.
11. The right of persons with disabilities and persons and organizations working in the field of their protection to have free access to information related to disability affairs in coordination with the concerned authorities and in accordance with the law.
12. Guaranteeing the right of persons with disabilities to life, survival and development to the fullest extent, by facilitating the necessary measures within a framework of respect for human dignity, to provide the highest possible level of the basic elements for this, including food, housing, health, social, psychological and other care, and enabling them to exercise the right to education, learning, work and recreation, In the use of public facilities and services, access to information, freedom of expression and opinion, and other fundamental private and public rights and freedoms.
13. Building and developing the capabilities of those dealing with persons with disabilities, including governmental and non-governmental agencies, in order to make them able and qualified to communicate and deal with persons with disabilities in all fields, and encourage training of specialists and employees working with persons with disabilities in the field of the rights recognized in this agreement to improve the provision of assistance And the services that are guaranteed by those rights, raising societal awareness of the rights of persons with disabilities, enhancing respect for these rights and strengthening that awareness of the capabilities and contributions of persons with disabilities themselves.
14. Take appropriate measures to ensure access and use by persons with disabilities to the surrounding physical environment, means of transport, information, communications and technology, to conduct and promote research related to the areas of rights of persons with disabilities that activate their capabilities and skills, to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to communications and information technology, and to promote their availability and use, with priority given to technologies Available at reasonable rates.
15. Enabling persons with disabilities to participate in the conduct of public affairs on an equal basis with others and encouraging their participation in the formulation of policies and programs, including children with disabilities, especially with regard to their own affairs, or through their families or the organizations that represent them.
16. Providing a safe environment for persons with disabilities, and not being subjected to economic, political or commercial exploitation, violence, abuse, torture, abuse, neglect, negligence, or degrading treatment, or affecting any of their rights, and providing the necessary security and protection commensurate with their capabilities, including The circumstances of epidemics, disasters and other emergency conditions, and the state is obligated to put in place measures to protect them and secure them from the dangers to which they may be exposed in all circumstances, especially in cases characterized by risk, and to investigate the abuse they are exposed to.
17. People with disabilities have freedom of movement and choice of residence.
18. Their right to obtain citizenship in accordance with the provisions of the laws regulating this on an equal basis with others.
19. Providing the necessary rehabilitation, training, awareness, guidance and support to the families of persons with disabilities, as it is the natural place for a person with a disability to live, and to provide appropriate conditions for their care within it.
20. Include protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities in all policies and programs.
21. To protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities to full participation, to preserve their dignity and independence, to develop their self-reliance, to ensure their freedom to decide their choices according to their abilities, and to fully integrate into society in all areas of life, through clear and appropriate mechanisms and means.

Chapter Two: (Health Rights of Persons with Disabilities)

Chapter One: The disability proof card and the health file

Article (4)

Each person with a disability is issued a disability proof card, based on an approved medical diagnosis, and the data included in this card in proving disability, its degree and type, shall be taken into consideration before all relevant authorities that the person with disabilities deals with, whether governmental or non-governmental, including investigation authorities. And trial, and that card is renewed every seven years.

The executive regulations shall specify the authority that shall issue the card, the data that must be included in it, and the rules and procedures for its issuance.

Each person with disabilities shall have a comprehensive health file, the regulations shall indicate the entity that undertakes the creation of the health file, the data that must be included in it, the papers and documents that must be attached to it, the rules and procedures that are followed in preparing it, the uses of it, and the confidentiality of its data.

Article (5)

The Ministry of Health is committed to cooperating with the Ministry and the Council in building a disability database to be used in planning, implementing and following up the provision of various health services, taking into account the confidentiality of their data.

Chapter Two: Disability Prevention Measures and Health Services for Persons with Disabilities

Article (6)

The Ministry of Health is committed to coordinating with the relevant ministries and agencies in the country to set up programs for early detection of defects of all kinds and disability, prevention and reduction of their occurrence, and to provide treatment and food necessary to avoid complications of diseases causing the defect, and to provide early intervention services, medical rehabilitation services in all health units and health insurance and take the necessary measures to provide services Specialized services in remote and underserved villages and centers, including organizing periodic medical convoys dedicated to treating and rehabilitating persons with disabilities in all health care centers, and enabling persons with disabilities to obtain information and necessary education in the field of reproductive health, pre-marital examinations and family planning, free of charge.

Article (7)

Concerned government agencies, including the Health Insurance Authority, units and hospitals of the Ministry of Health, are obligated to provide all health, preventive, and specialized treatment services for people with disabilities, including reproductive health, public health programs, and medical and psychological rehabilitation programs, and to provide guarantees that they have access to these services under the integrated services card for people. People with disabilities, according to fair geographical distribution and without discrimination due to age, type of disability, or any other reason, while providing reasonable facilities and removing obstacles that prevent them from accessing these services.

Matter (8)

The Ministry of Health and the General Authority for Health Insurance, in coordination with the Ministry and the Council, set standards and standards for various medical interventions for the treatment and medical rehabilitation of people with disabilities, and provide health centers equipped for diagnosis and to provide appropriate interventions, and is committed to providing specialized and technical medical personnel, assisted and trained in all specialties in the field of medical treatment with various Disabilities while adhering to quality standards for all medicines, therapeutic foods, prosthetic devices, aids, and medical services provided to people with disabilities.

Matter (9)

Persons with disabilities are exempt from all the fees prescribed for presentation to the Medical Commission for the rules for obtaining cars exempt from customs duties and taxes, upon re-examination and the necessary procedures to renew the car that the person with a disability previously acquired and replace it with another.

The Ministry of Health is establishing units under the Medical Commission to conduct medical examinations and examinations on persons with disabilities and provides services to persons with disabilities in various governorates.

Chapter Three: The Right to Education

First semester: Pre-university education

Matter (10)

Subject to the provisions of the Child Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 1996, persons with disabilities have the right to receive inclusive education of good quality, enabling them to participate in society without discrimination.

The Ministry of Education and the concerned authorities shall take the necessary measures for persons with disabilities to obtain an education that allows them to integrate into governmental and non-governmental educational institutions available to others, provided that they meet the standards of quality, safety, safety and protection in light of the degree and type of disability.

It is also committed to eradicating illiteracy for those who have missed the age of education according to programs, plans and methods that are compatible with their circumstances and abilities, including the provision of special education suitable for exceptional cases resulting from the nature and percentage of disability.

Matter (11)

Governmental and non-governmental educational institutions of all kinds are obligated to apply the principle of equality between children with disabilities and other children, and these institutions must adhere to the rules and policies for educational inclusion of children with disabilities, and to provide equal educational opportunities suitable for all types and degrees of disabilities.

The educational curricula at all stages must include the concepts of disability, awareness and education of the needs, conditions and rights of persons with disabilities, and ways to deal with them. It is prohibited to deprive any child with a learningable disability from education or refuse his admission to join these institutions for a reason related to disability. The Foundation removes the causes of the violation within fifteen days from the date of the warning, and in the event that the violation is not removed within the aforementioned period, the license is suspended for a period not exceeding six months, and in the event of repetition of this violation, the institution’s license shall be withdrawn, and the executive regulations specify the criteria for enrollment and acceptance of children with disabilities

Matter ( 12 )

The admission rate for children with disabilities should not be less than the 5% of those admitted to governmental and non-governmental educational institutions of all kinds, in cases where the number of applicants to the institution exceeds that percentage, and the executive regulations specify the conditions, rules and procedures for admitting these children to those institutions.

Matter ( 13 )

The Ministry of Education is committed to developing the existing special education schools, while adhering to international standards for the quality of these schools, and providing courses and curricula, teachers and specialists trained and qualified for that according to each disability, and the executive regulations determine the rules and regulations for development and the bodies responsible for it.

Matter ( 14 )

The Ministry of Education, in coordination with the Ministry, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, civil society organizations and the Ministry of Social Solidarity, is committed to enabling persons with disabilities to learn life skills, skills in social development and information technology skills, to facilitate their full participation in education, and take appropriate measures to facilitate learning of Braille and alternative types of writing. Augmentative and alternative methods, means and forms of communication, orientation and mobility skills, facilitating peer support and guidance, facilitating the learning of communication languages, including sign language, encouraging the linguistic identity of people with a hearing impairment and ensuring the provision of education for persons with hearing and visual impairments or persons with disabilities, in the most appropriate languages, methods and means of communication for the persons concerned, And in environments that allow to achieve the maximum academic and social growth by using modern technology within the framework of international quality standards, safety and security rules, and the availability of accessibility and appropriate preparation for all disabilities.

The second semester: higher education

Matter ( 15 )

The Ministry concerned with higher education and its affiliated institutions are obligated to guarantee the right of persons with disabilities to higher education and postgraduate studies, and to allocate a percentage not less than 10% from places of residence in university cities in cases where the number of applicants exceeds that percentage, and the competent ministry of higher education and its affiliated institutions is obligated By providing them with reasonable accommodation, including distance learning, in accordance with the standards and rules contained in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and international covenants.

 It is prohibited to set any rules or conditions that impede or prevent persons with disabilities from obtaining this right.

Matter (16)

The Ministry concerned with higher education is committed to developing plans and programs that guarantee the right to education for persons with disabilities in the same universities, colleges, departments and institutes available to others without disabilities, while providing equal opportunities within governmental and non-governmental higher education institutions for all types of disabilities without obstacles, and providing means to make them available from Communication languages, including sign language and Braille, supportive educational and technological programs that suit their various disabilities, as well as building codes for people with disabilities, and it is committed to establishing colleges and institutes specialized in preparing and graduating cadres to work in the field of disability and its types.

Matter (17)

A higher committee shall be formed with the membership of each of the concerned ministry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Social Solidarity, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Council, and it includes in its formation persons with disabilities and those with experience and civil society organizations specialized in the fields of education and disability, and is concerned with the following:

1. Monitoring and supervising policies and strategies for ensuring the quality of education to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to an education that allows them to integrate into governmental and non-governmental educational institutions available to others.
2. Reviewing the standards of quality, safety, safety and protection within educational institutions in light of the degree and type of disability.
3. Establishing mechanisms to spread awareness of the culture of quality and development in educational institutions to integrate persons with disabilities within them.
4. Participate in laying down the foundations, rules, and procedures for monitoring, periodic follow-up, review and continuous development of educational institutions with regard to the integration of persons with disabilities into educational institutions of all kinds.
5. Monitoring and supervising the evaluation of programs and performance in educational institutions, in terms of infrastructure, student and community activities, educational climate, teaching and learning culture, and scientific research to ensure the participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
6. Providing advice to educational institutions that have not achieved the required levels of integrating persons with disabilities within them and ensuring their quality through written reports indicating deficiencies and the measures that need to be taken to avoid them to achieve the required level of quality.
7. Proposing amendments related to the objectives and work system of the committee in light of developments and developments.
8. Participate in developing educational curricula at all stages to ensure that the concepts of disability are included, raise awareness and educate about the needs, conditions and rights of persons with disabilities, and how to deal with them.
9. Follow up and supervise the commitment of educational institutions to the rules and policies of educational inclusion for children with disabilities and provide equal educational opportunities suitable for all types of disabilities and their degrees.
10. Preparing evaluation and approval reports and the necessary executive procedures for this, and informing the community of the level of educational institutions and their programs and the extent of their ability to provide educational service in accordance with its declared mission to persons with disabilities.

The executive regulations shall specify the method for forming this committee and the system for working in it.

Chapter Four: Vocational training, training and the right to work

Chapter One: The Right to Vocational Training and Training

Matter ( 18 )

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Child Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 1996, the state is obligated to provide opportunities for vocational preparation and job training for people with disabilities according to their needs, using modern technology and methods of comprehensive integration whenever possible, to achieve maximum independence, while ensuring quality, safety and security within the preparation institutions Professional and all avenues for spatial and technological availability.

The Ministry of Social Solidarity provides the necessary institutions for rehabilitation, training, tools and auxiliary products for people with disabilities free of charge or for a symbolic fee, and it also provides the necessary training programs and specialized cadres for this. These institutions may not practice their activities without a license from the Ministry of Social Solidarity that specifies standards for providing services of all kinds, appropriate rehabilitation and age stages. It serves, with the exception of similar bodies that are established in the armed forces.

The executive regulations shall determine the criteria for obtaining rehabilitation and training services, devices and means referred to in the first paragraph of this article, the method and the financial compensation for them, the method for financing these services, the procedures for obtaining the license referred to in the previous paragraph, and the method for supervising and controlling institutions that operate or whose activities include work in the disability field .

Article (19)

Rehabilitation and training institutions are obligated to deliver a qualification certificate approved by the concerned ministry, free of charge, to the person with disability who has been rehabilitated, and in the event that his eligibility is not available, it shall be handed over to his guardian, his legal representative or his caregiver, and the executive regulations determine the form of the certificate and the rules and procedures for obtaining it.

Chapter Two: The Right to Work

Matter ( 20 )

The state is obligated to guarantee the right of persons with disabilities to obtain equal opportunities for work commensurate with their academic qualifications and vocational preparation, not to subject them to any type of forced or forced labor and to protect them in fair working conditions on equality with others, and to work to open labor markets for them at home and abroad, and to enhance opportunities for Their own work through self-employment activities and comprehensive development projects and the state's social policies.

The state is also committed to providing adequate safety and security and facilitative arrangements for persons with disabilities in the workplace, ensuring the exercise of their labor and trade union rights and enabling them to have effective access to technical and vocational guidance programs, employment services, and vocational and continuing training. Any discrimination or denial of any benefits or rights is prohibited. On the basis of disability in appointment, type of work, promotions, or wages and its attachments.

Matter (21 )

The Ministry concerned with Labor Affairs and its administrative authorities are obligated to establish a register to register persons with disabilities who wish to work, and to assist them in accessing job opportunities appropriate to their qualifications and experiences in accordance with the priority established by law, and their data is recorded in a database in coordination with the relevant ministry, the Ministry of Social Solidarity and the Council, and the executive regulations define rules and procedures This limitation and the conditions and procedures for registration in this register and the person with disability is considered to be medically fit in relation to the state of disability mentioned in the qualification certificate stipulated in this law, as an exception to the rules governing the provisions of health fitness.

Matter ( 22 )

Governmental and non-governmental agencies and every employer who employs twenty workers or more, whether they work in one place or separate places, and whatever the nature of their work, is obligated to assign a percentage of 5% at least from the number of workers with disabilities who are nominated by the ministry concerned with labor affairs and its administrative authorities based on The register referred to in the previous article, and the Council, in coordination with the Ministry, follows up on these bodies to ensure commitment to operating the prescribed percentage, working conditions, employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, and all the obligations that this law regulated in their employment.

In all cases, everyone who employs a person with disability must notify the competent authority thereof, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, within the first month of his employment with it from the date of his delivery of work.

Matter ( 23 )

Without prejudice to other tax exemptions established by special laws, a person with disabilities or whoever employs or sponsors a person with a disability is granted the following benefits:

1. The amount of personal exemption stipulated in Article (1/13) of the Income Tax Law promulgated by Law No. 91/2005 shall be increased by 50 1TTP1T of this amount for each person with disabilities or who cares for a person with a disability of the first and second levels of kinship.
2. An employer who employs persons with disabilities who exceeds the ratio of (5 %) referred to in the previous article has the right to increase the percentage of personal exemption prescribed in Article (1/13) of the Income Tax Law promulgated by Law No. (91/2005) with a percentage of 5% For each worker who exceeds the prescribed rate for the employment of persons with disabilities.
3. Every person with a relationship who undertakes a small project that is a source of income for him and his family is exempt from the commercial and industrial profits tax for a period of ten years, under the integrated card services for persons with disabilities, and the executive regulations define the procedures and rules regulating in this regard.

Matter ( 24 )

The working hours in all governmental and non-governmental agencies are reduced by an hour per day paid for workers with disabilities or those caring for a person with disabilities of the first and second degrees of relationship.

These entities provide flexible systems of employment regarding working hours and days and the appropriate wages for persons with disabilities, according to their circumstances, and the executive regulations specify the details of these systems.

Chapter Five: Societal treatment of people with disabilities

Chapter One: The Right to Social Protection

Matter (25)

Persons with disabilities, once their disability is proven, shall be granted monthly allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Law promulgated by Law No. 137 of 2010.

As an exception to the provisions of Social Insurance Law No. 79 of 1975, persons with disabilities have the right to combine two pensions from the pensions due to them for themselves or on behalf of the father, mother, husband or wife, without a maximum, and they have the right to combine what they get from the pension whatever it is They receive it from the work wage, and the state treasury bears this difference.

Matter (26 )

Persons with disabilities who have reached the age of conscription shall have special treatment in the areas of conscription and in the Military Medical Commission regarding the procedures for exempting them from military service and obtaining a certificate confirming this, in accordance with the rules and procedures issued by a decision of the Minister of Defense and Military Production. Provided that the Ministry of Defense shall form a committee in times of accepting recruitment payments in each governorate for persons with disabilities.

Matter (27 )

The state commits to include the rights and needs of persons with disabilities in a fair and balanced manner in the programs and policies for combating and reducing poverty and in its sustainable development programs, and to implement these programs and policies without discrimination on the basis of disability and on an equal basis with others.

Matter ( 28 )

The Ministry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, issues a card of integrated services for people with disabilities, and its owner enjoys social, health, and economic services and other services that are due, and the exercise of the rights and privileges determined for him by the laws and regulations in force, and this card is considered in front of all relevant bodies that the person with disabilities deals with, whether governmental Or non-governmental, and the executive regulations determine the procedures and rules governing the issuance of the card and the data that must be included in it.

Chapter Two: The Right to Availability and Facilitation

Matter ( 29 )

The administrative authorities concerned with planning and organizing affairs and all the competent authorities referred to in the Building Law promulgated by Law No. 112 of 2008 shall comply with the requirements of the Egyptian Code for the design of external spaces and buildings for the use of persons with disabilities when issuing a license for new buildings, and preparing existing facilities within 10 years from the date of issuance of this law. In a way that guarantees them the ease of use of public and private facilities and buildings, educational and commercial buildings, showrooms, halls, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, treatment buildings, roads, sidewalks, bridges, tunnels and their facilities in accordance with the provisions of the Building Law promulgated by Law No. 119 of 2008.

Matter (30)

The state, the ministries concerned with transport and the concerned authorities are obligated to set the necessary systems to allow and facilitate the movement and transportation of persons with disabilities, including allocating places for them in all means of transport of all degrees, classes and types, and to reduce their wages by a percentage not less than 50% of the value paid, for the person with disabilities and his assistant, And by using technological means of transportation and transportation.

The competent authorities are also obligated to take the necessary measures to facilitate the use of roads, sidewalks and transit places for persons with disabilities, to provide them with signs and instructional symbols in various public places, to make available technologies, information, electronic services and emergency services necessary to face the effects of their disability, and to provide the necessary means and complementary equipment and furniture at reception and information offices and the necessary health and electrical equipment and human elements. The trainer to facilitate dealing with persons with disabilities, and the executive regulations indicate the forms of accommodations and the methods for providing them.

Article (31)

Exemption from all taxes, fees and expenses of any kind:

1. Permits to establish any building of any kind are finally allocated to serve persons with disabilities.
2. Licenses to amend or restore an existing building in order to facilitate the use of the movement of persons with disabilities.
3. Supplies, equipment, educational and medical materials, aids, machines and special tools, means and devices for their production, spare parts and maintenance and their requirements, prosthetic devices, and devices for assistive technologies and aids, for persons with disabilities, if the importer of them is the person with a disability for his personal use or an entity or association of the parties or associations concerned By providing these services.
4. Individual and group means of transportation for the use of persons with disabilities under the same conditions stipulated in Clause (3), provided that the exemption for a person with disability whatever his disability is for himself or his representative is for one method every five years, and it is not permissible to drive or use the means of transportation except for those who A person with a disability if his health condition permits that as determined by the authority responsible for issuing a driver's license, his legal representative or his insured personal driver.
5. Cases brought before the courts of various types and degrees, instituted or interfered by persons with disabilities or their legal representatives, or the Council, due to the application of the provisions of this law or any other law related to the protection of the rights of these persons because of their disability.

The executive regulations shall determine the rules and procedures for the exemption cases stipulated in this article.

Article (32)

The Ministry of Justice and its affiliated bodies are committed to preparing courts and making them available to persons with disabilities in a manner commensurate with their disabilities, to provide all services of the ministry and its departments in an accessible and prepared manner for them, and to establish a special system to facilitate procedures for dealing with them, especially with regard to requests, lawsuits and legal aid, and to recognize sign language as an official language for people Hearing disability and Braille writing for the visually impaired, and the introduction of the voice print feature for the visually impaired as an alternative to the signature process, and in the event that this is not possible, the person with disability has the right to delegate whomever he deems appropriate to act on his behalf with the help of a certified sign interpreter for persons with hearing impairment.

Matter ( 33)

All banks and banking agencies are obligated to prepare them and make them available to people with disabilities in a manner that suits their disabilities, and to provide all banking services in an accessible and prepared manner for them. And setting up a special system to facilitate the procedures for dealing with them, especially with regard to the application for loans or credit facilities, the recognition of sign language as an official language for people with hearing impairment, writing in Braille for people with visual impairment, and the introduction of the voice print feature for people with visual impairment as an alternative to the signature process, and in case this is not possible, the right A person with a disability may delegate whomever he deems appropriate to act on his behalf with the help of a certified sign interpreter for persons with hearing impairment. And that is as indicated in the executive regulations.

Matter ( 34 )

All governmental and non-governmental media are obligated to provide the necessary languages, including sign language and text translation to empower persons with disabilities and facilitate their communication with and participate in media materials, and announce all services provided by public and private agencies, and media outlets of whatever type are obligated to broadcast the materials that appear to them. Positively and respect their inherent dignity

The executive regulations define the rules and procedures for licensing the media to make available the necessary languages to enable persons with disabilities and the competent authority to issue it.

Chapter Three: The Right to Legal and Criminal Protection for Persons with Disabilities

Matter (35)

A person with a disability, whether an accused, a victim, or a witness in all stages of arrest, investigation, trial and execution, shall have the right to special humane treatment commensurate with his condition and needs.

He shall have the right to protection, health and social assistance, and specialized technical assistance when necessary, and he must have a lawyer to defend him in the investigation and trial stages.

Article (36)

The data contained in the disability proof card shall be taken into consideration after verifying its correctness when taking any legal measures before it in the stages of arrest, detention, investigation and trial without presenting it to any other party to verify his disability registered under this card.

Article (37)

The Council shall be notified upon arrest of any person with intellectual disability, and the competent authorities and the Council must provide all means of health and social assistance, technical, specialized and legal assistance, including a psychologist and a lawyer, and if the situation requires the availability of a specialized doctor, he shall be delegated.

Article (38)

The state shall take all reasonable arrangements and facilities for the transportation of detained persons with disabilities, and provide the access code in all places of detention, prisons, and all other penal institutions, and the implementation of the freedom-restricting penalties imposed on persons with disabilities shall be in separate special places to be regulated by a decision issued by the relevant minister To supervise those places.

Chapter Six: Political and trade union rights for people with disabilities

Article (39)

Persons with disabilities enjoy all the political rights enjoyed by their non-disabled peers, unless this is lost by a court ruling, and the state is committed to ensuring and ensuring them, and the concerned authorities take measures to ensure that persons with disabilities can participate in the nomination and voting processes in elections and referendums of all kinds, including: That right to have assistance, when necessary, with escorts or assistants chosen by these persons.

Article (40)

The state shall guarantee the freedom necessary for persons with disabilities to establish specific and regional organizations or federations for each disability, in order to ensure their representation at the local and international levels.

Political parties, civil society organizations, federations and trade unions are obligated not to discriminate on the basis of disability when participating in their membership or agencies, and to allow, facilitate and encourage the participation of persons with disabilities in all forms of their activities, provided that the participation rate is not less than 5 1TTP1T of the total participants in them, and that committees are included in their programs and regulations. Its various means of awareness-raising necessary to create an appropriate environment to support and activate their participation.

Chapter Seven: Culture, Sports and Recreation

Article (41)

The Ministry concerned with culture is committed to providing and facilitating the participation of persons with disabilities in cultural, entertainment and media activities, and to create places for display and practice of these activities in a way that allows them to attend them, and to provide cultural products in the appropriate languages to inform them and benefit from them, for a symbolic fee, and it is also committed to creating adequate opportunities for the development of creative, artistic and intellectual capabilities. They have and encourage them, recognition of their special cultural and linguistic identities, support for artistic and cultural activities for them, develop plans and programs to discover talented ones, support their cultural teams and exhibitions, and publish the works of distinguished creators.

Article (42)

The state shall work to provide and facilitate sporting and recreational activities for persons with disabilities, and to take measures to create places for sports and recreation to allow them to attend them, to provide methods and means that facilitate their access to training opportunities and to participate in the aforementioned activities, and to provide trained human personnel, tools, and the necessary stadiums to ensure their participation in matches and activities. National and international agencies, and agencies concerned with youth and sports are committed to this, and in particular in the following areas:

1. Expanding the establishment of youth preparation centers for persons with disabilities, supporting local and international camps to upgrade their athletic and artistic skills, and prohibiting discrimination between sports champions from persons with disabilities and others in material and moral honor.
2. Supporting the Paralympic Committee on Sports for Persons with Disabilities financially and technically and comprehensive media coverage of all local, regional and international sports for persons with disabilities.
3. The participation of persons with disabilities in all activities of youth centers and sports clubs and their representation by appointment to the boards of directors of youth centers, clubs, sports federations and Olympic committees. Persons with disabilities represented in armed forces and police clubs are among those injured in war operations and security confrontations. Persons with intellectual disabilities are represented through their families, and the executive regulations specify the conditions, rules and procedures for participating in membership or appointment to sports boards.
4. Supporting leisure and entertainment activities and sports and mental sports, and providing financial and technical support, in particular, for people with disabilities.

Matter ( 43 )

The ministries concerned with tourism and antiquities affairs are obligated to support and prepare the cultural, societal, spatial and technological environment to stimulate tourism for persons with disabilities, and to upgrade the level of tourism services provided to them in all tourist forums and places, in order to ensure that they can easily enjoy and visit these places, by activating the accessibility code technologically, spatially, and culturally and training Workers in the field of tourist guidance on sign language, use of braille signs inside tourist places, preparing artistic tourism shows and sound and light shows so that persons with disabilities can enjoy watching and frequenting them, and supporting tourism and artistic festivals for people with disabilities inside or outside Egypt.

Matter (44)

The authorities concerned with culture and sports are obligated to allocate 5% percentage from their general assemblies to persons with disabilities.

Chapter Eight: The National Council for Persons with Disabilities

Article (45)

The National Council for Persons with Disabilities is an independent council that aims to promote, develop and protect the rights of persons with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and in light of international agreements, covenants and covenants ratified by Egypt, consolidate their values, spread awareness of them, and contribute to ensuring their practice.

The Council enjoys legal personality, and technical, financial and administrative independence in the exercise of its duties, activities and powers.

Its headquarters shall be in Cairo, and it shall have the right to establish branches and offices in all governorates of the Republic.

Matter (46)

The council is formed of a chairperson, a vice president, and fifteen members who are chosen from among public figures with proven experience and interest in the rights issues of persons with disabilities, or those with outstanding tender in the same field, provided that among them there is a sufficient number of persons with disabilities from civil society organizations who represent disabilities Their number shall not be less than five, for a period of four years, and none of them may be appointed to the Council for more than two consecutive terms.

Article (47)

In order to achieve its objectives, the Board shall be responsible for the following:

1. Proposing the state's general policy in the field of development, rehabilitation, integration and empowerment of persons with disabilities, following up and evaluating its applications, developing a draft national strategy for the advancement of persons with disabilities, following up on their implementation, and solving the problems facing them.
2. Coordinating with all ministries and relevant authorities in the state to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, submitting proposals for amendments in relevant policies, means and programs in this regard, and expressing opinion on any other international agreements to which the state joins or wants to join them affecting or related to persons with disabilities, And prepare annual reports in this regard for the President of the Republic, the House of Representatives, and the Prime Minister.
3. Express an opinion on draft laws and decisions related to it and its field of work.
4. Representing persons with disabilities and registering the council in membership of forums, conferences and international organizations concerned with disability issues, after coordination with the concerned authorities in the state.
5. Holding conferences, seminars, panel discussions, training courses and workshops, and raising awareness of the role of persons with disabilities in society, their rights and duties.
6. Working on documenting information, data, statistics, studies and research related to disability affairs, and preparing a special database for all categories of persons with disabilities to facilitate communication between them and the Council in coordination with the relevant authorities in the country, and issuing bulletins, magazines and publications related to the council’s goals and powers.
7. Receiving complaints about persons with disabilities, discussing them and proposing appropriate solutions for them, informing the competent investigation authorities of any violation of their rights, interfering in lawsuits joining those affected by them, and challenging the judgments issued in this regard.
8. Adopting the necessary policies, strategies, programs and projects for community and health awareness to avoid disability.
9. Follow up the implementation of strategies and policies for the integration of children with disabilities in regular education schools in its various stages and in all types of public and private schools, and languages of all kinds, local and foreign, and follow up the implementation of decisions issued regarding educational and societal integration for people with disabilities.
10. Issuing internal decisions and regulations related to financial, administrative and technical affairs without being bound by government rules, approving the annual plans and budget of the council, and considering developing plans and policies necessary for investing the council’s funds.

Article (48)

The President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, and the Prime Minister may refer to the Council whatever topics he deems to solidify his powers for study and opinion on them.

The President of the Republic and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may invite the House to meet if he deems it necessary.

Article (49)

The Council shall have a full-time Secretary General, to be selected from other than its members with experience concerned with the issues of the rights of persons with disabilities, and a decision shall be issued for his appointment by the Council for the same term of the Council.

The Secretary-General is responsible for implementing the Council’s decisions, and general supervision over the Technical Secretariat, Personnel Affairs, Financial and Administrative Affairs in it in accordance with its regulations. He may attend council sessions without the right to vote.

Matter (50)

The president of the council is the one who represents him before the courts and in his relations with others, and his deputy takes his place if he obstructs him and during his absence, and he has the right to delegate his deputy to practice some of his powers, and the president and his deputy can devote themselves to their duties.

Article (51)

The council holds a meeting at least every two months, and the meeting is valid with the attendance of two-thirds of the members of the council. Decisions are issued by the majority of the attendees, and in case of a tie, the president’s side is preferred, and the council’s sessions and the decisions issued are recorded in a minutes signed by the council chairman and the council’s secretary general.

Ministers who are not members of the Council are invited to attend and those whose expertise is sought to be sought when discussing or discussing any of the topics within his jurisdiction without having a counted vote.

Article (52)

The council shall have an independent budget prepared in the manner of the budget of the service bodies that includes its revenues, uses and investments, and the fiscal year for it begins at the beginning of the state’s fiscal year and ends at its end.

The financial resources of the Council consist of the following:

1. The funds allocated to him by the state in the general budget.
2. Contributions, gifts, grants and subsidies that the Board decides to accept by a majority of at least two-thirds of its members, in accordance with the laws and procedures regulating this.
3. The outcome of fines, reconciliation and confiscation charges for crimes stipulated in this law and the laws related to persons with disabilities.

Returns on investment of the council’s funds other than the funds allocated to it from the general budget. A special account for the outcome of these resources is established in one of the banks subject to the supervision of the Central Bank of Egypt, and the surplus from this account shall be transferred at the end of each fiscal year to the budget of the Council for the following year.

Matter (53)

The council’s funds are public funds and all of its papers and documents are official documents. Taxes and fees are exempted from the activities it carries out, of whatever type or name. The council may collect its dues with others through administrative seizure.

Article (54)

The Council draws up an annual report on the status of the rights of persons with disabilities, and includes its efforts, activities, and proposals it deems within the scope of its powers. The council submits its report to the President of the Republic, the Council of Representatives, and the Council of Ministers.

Matter (55)

The following conditions are required for the chairman, his deputy, and members:

1. To be an Egyptian, enjoying his civil and political rights.
2. He must have performed military service, or been exempted from performing it by law.
3. That a final court ruling has not been issued against him in a felony, or in a crime involving breach of honor or trust, unless he has been rehabilitated.
4. He should not be a member of the executive authority, the legislative authority, the judicial authorities or bodies.

Matter (56)

The House of Representatives begins the procedures for forming the Council at least sixty days before the end of its term, in light of the nominations of the National Councils, the Supreme Council of Universities, the Supreme Council of Culture, professional unions, civil society organizations concerned with disability affairs and other bodies.

The General Committee of the House of Representatives nominates candidates for membership of the Council, with due regard to adequate representation of society. The House of Representatives chooses the Speaker, his deputy, and the members, with the approval of the majority of its members.

The President of the Republic issues the decision to form the Council, and it will be published in the Official Gazette.

Matter (57)

The council chairman, his deputy and the members carry out their duties in a manner that ensures the achievement of the council’s objectives and the exercise of its competencies in a framework of impartiality, transparency and independence, while preserving the confidentiality of the information and data presented to them on the occasion of their membership in the council and not using them for other than the purpose for which they were presented and other than achieving the council’s objectives.

The council chairman, his deputy, and the members are obligated to disclose every case in which any of them or their relatives up to the fourth degree have a material or moral interest, status or future, that conflicts with the impartiality and independence required to perform their duties in the council, and the council takes what is necessary to eliminate this conflict.

Matter (58)

Each of the speaker, his deputy, the members and the secretary general are obligated to submit a financial disclosure to the House of Representatives, upon their appointment, at the end of the term of the Council, and at the end of each year.

And if any of them received a cash or in-kind gift, because of his work in the council or on its occasion, he must disclose this in a letter to be presented to the council, specifying the person or agency presenting the gift, and its ownership reverts to the council when its value exceeds three hundred pounds.

Article (59)

The membership of the council chairman, his deputy, or any of its members ends in the following cases:

1. Death.
2. Losing one of the membership conditions stipulated in this law. Membership terminates in the event of a final court ruling in a felony, or a crime involving breach of honor or trust, from the date the ruling becomes final.
3. Resignation submitted to the Council, and the resignation is written and justified.
4. Membership may not be terminated for other than these reasons except upon the approval of the House of Representatives by a majority of its members. The President of the Republic issues a decision to terminate membership, and it is published in the Official Gazette.

The successor to the expiring member shall be appointed according to the procedures stipulated in Article 55 of this law, for the period complementing the term of his predecessor's membership.

Article (60)

The competent investigation authority notifies the National Council for Persons with Disabilities and the House of Representatives office when a member of the House is arrested or remanded in custody, with a full statement of the incident.

Article (61)

Members of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, according to its last formation on the date this law came into effect, shall conduct the affairs of the Council until a new council is formed.

The House of Representatives begins the procedures for forming a new parliament within thirty days from the date this law comes into effect.

Article 62

All ministries, public authorities, local administration units and the concerned authorities shall implement the plans, projects and programs that the council sets in the field of disability in cooperation and coordination with him and his assisting agencies.

All state agencies are obligated to provide the National Council for Persons with Disabilities with the data and statistics requested by the Council from them related to its functions in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Chapter Nine: Penalties

Article 63

Without prejudice to any severer penalty stipulated in any other law, the crimes stipulated in the following articles shall be punished with the penalties prescribed for them.

Article (64)

Subject to the provisions of the Child Law promulgated by Law No. 12 of 1996, a person and a child with a disability is considered at risk in any situation that threatens respect for his personal dignity and autonomy and discrimination against him on the basis of disability, in the following cases:

1. If his security, morals, health, or life are endangered.
2. Imprisonment and isolation of a person with a disability from society without legal basis, or refraining from providing medical, rehabilitative, societal and legal care to a person with a disability.
3. Assault by beating or by any other means on children with disabilities in placement and rehabilitation homes, nurseries and educational institutions, and sexual abuse, harm, threat, or exploitation.
4. Using therapeutic means or medical experiments that harm a person or child with disabilities without legal authority.
5. Presence of children with disabilities in classrooms in higher floors in education schools (public and private) without providing access and preparation for their special conditions.
6. Failure to provide the necessary treatment for children with disabilities, and the lack of necessary and necessary foodstuffs for children with intellectual disability, especially in cases of metabolism (diet).
7. The lack of spatial, security and guidance preparation for persons with disabilities in their work sites and exposing them to humiliation, humiliation or incitement to violence, hatred and contempt.
8. Forcing persons with disabilities to live in places that are not prepared for them.
9. Placing persons with disabilities in special institutions to get rid of them because they are persons with disabilities in cases other than those that require such placement.

Article (65)

Whoever brings a person with a disability to one of the risk situations mentioned in Article (64) of this law shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties.

Article (66)

Those who castrate, sterilize, or illegally abort persons with disabilities, or incite them to do so, shall be punished with temporary hard labor.

Article (67)

Each of the following shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years and a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not exceeding twenty thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties:

1. Forged a disability proof card or used it with knowledge of it being forged.
2. Forged the Integrated Services Card or used it with knowledge of its fraud.
3. He made an incorrect statement in front of the competent authority or presented it to it, or withheld information with the intention of benefiting without the right of any of the rights or benefits established for persons with disabilities under this law or another law.

Article (68)

A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than one thousand pounds and not exceeding ten thousand pounds or either of these two penalties shall be inflicted on every person entrusted with the care of a person with disabilities who neglects to carry out his duties towards him or to take the necessary actions to fulfill these duties or refrain from performing any of them.

The penalty will be detention if neglect results in injury or harm to a person with a disability, and if neglect results in the death of the person with a disability, the penalty shall be detention for a period not exceeding ten years.

Article (69)

A penalty of imprisonment or a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not more than thirty thousand pounds shall be imposed on each of the following:

1. He used the disability proof card without the right to do so.
2. He used the integrated services card issued by the Ministry of Social Solidarity without having the right to do so.
3. Apply for any service or feature or take advantage of those features granted under this law to persons with disabilities if it is not otherwise.
4. Impersonate a person with a disability or help others impersonate that capacity.
5. Unjustly appropriated the property of a person with a disability that devolved to him by inheritance.
6. Obtaining a document, card, document or certificate for disability without right.

Without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, the culprit shall be sentenced to return what he obtained unlawfully.

Article (70)

A penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than six months or a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not more than fifty thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties shall be inflicted on whoever conceals data or information about the presence of a person with a disability for the authorities concerned with statistics and census, and the penalty is doubled in the event of recurrence.

Article (71)

Whoever exhibits, publishes, or broadcasts by any means of publishing, any of the data, information, pictures, drawings, or films for infringing acts that offend persons with disabilities and expose them or promote concepts other than those with disabilities shall be punished with a fine of not less than twenty thousand pounds and not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds. Correct and offensive to them, and the publication or exhibition is obligated to fulfill the right of response and correction from the person attacked or his representative in the same space and time by the same means.

Article (72)

Whoever violates the provisions of Articles (22,24,25,29,30 and 34) of this law shall be punished with imprisonment or a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not exceeding thirty thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties, and the fines multiply according to the number of cases in which the crime occurred .

Article (73)

A ruling may be made to compel the employer or the person responsible for the body obligated to employ persons with disabilities to pay monthly to the person with disabilities who has been nominated to work for him and has refused to employ him an amount equal to the wage or salary determined or estimated for the work or the position for which he has been nominated, starting from the date of proving the crime and for a period not Over a year. This obligation shall be discontinued if the person with disability commits to a suitable job in the same agency or elsewhere, and anyone who violates this provision shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of not less than six months and not exceeding two years, and a fine of not less than ten thousand pounds and not exceeding thirty thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties. The fines multiply according to the number of cases in which the crime occurred.

Article (74)

Whoever causes the deprivation of any child with a disability from education shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand Egyptian pounds and not exceeding ten thousand Egyptian pounds, and whoever violates the provisions of Articles (11 and 12) of this law shall be punished with a fine of not less than five hundred pounds and not exceeding two thousand pounds. Fines are due to the number of cases in which the violation occurred.

Article (75)

Whoever violates the provisions of the previous article shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of no less than one year and a fine of not less than five thousand pounds and not exceeding twenty thousand pounds.

Article (76)

The person responsible for the actual management of the legal person shall be jointly responsible for fulfilling the financial penalties and compensations judged in accordance with the provisions of this law if the crime was committed by one of his workers in his name and in his favor and his knowledge of the crime has been proven and his breach of the duties imposed on him by that administration contributed to the occurrence of the crime.