{"id":1776,"date":"2021-11-04T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T23:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/egypt_penal_code_no_58_of_1937\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:31:27","slug":"egypt_penal_code_no_58_of_1937","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/resource\/uncategorised\/egypt_penal_code_no_58_of_1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt &#8211; Penal Code No. 58 of 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-7.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">4th novembre 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Egypt &#8211; Penal Code No. 58 of 1937<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">3 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Social-Share-Image-7.png');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 237 of Egypt\u2019s Penal Code No. 58 allows for a lesser punishment for men who kill their wives on discovering them in an act of adultery than for other forms of murder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Egypt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Honor Killings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 237 of Egypt\u2019s Penal Code No. 58 allows for a lesser punishment for men who kill their wives on discovering them in an act of adultery than for other forms of murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 237.\u00a0<em>Whoever surprises\u00a0<strong>his wife in the act of adultery<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>kills her\u00a0<\/strong>on the spot together with her adulterer-partner\u00a0<strong>shall be punished with detention instead of the penalties prescribed<\/strong>\u00a0in articles 234 and 236.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/legal\/legislation\/natlegbod\/1937\/en\/119651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Egypt&rsquo;s full law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[232],"issue":[49],"region":[53],"class_list":["post-1776","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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