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Blocking deadlines in the Law on Combating Information Technology Crimes

The two blocking paths in Article 7 of Law No. 175 of 2018, in hours

"A blocking order from the investigating authority is presented to the court in chambers within 24 hours, and the court decides within 72 hours ... provided the report is presented to the investigating authority within 48 hours, otherwise the blocking is deemed never to have happened."

Regular path

1
Blocking order from the investigating authority
2
Order presented to the court in chambers
within 24h
3
Court decision
within 72h

Urgent path

1
Blocking carried out immediatelyBefore any review
2
Report presented to the investigating authorityotherwise the blocking is deemed never to have happened
within 48h

Bar lengths are proportional to the maximum deadline for each step, on a 72-hour scale.

On the urgent path, the blocking takes effect immediately, and review can come up to 48 hours later.

Sources: Egyptian Human Rights Forum, 'Programming Silence' report; Article 7 of Law No. 175 of 2018