Law No. 61 of 2015

After perusal of the Constitution,

– And the Penal Code promulgated by Law No. (16) of 1960 and the laws amending it,

– And the Code of Criminal Procedures and Trials promulgated by Law No. 17 of 1960 and the laws amending it,

Law No. (23) of 1968 regarding the police force system and the laws amending it,

Law No. (111) of 2013 regarding licenses for commercial shops,

Law No. (37) of 2014 establishing the Communications and Information Technology Regulatory Authority,

The National Assembly approved the following law, which we have ratified and promulgated:

Article 1

In the application of the provisions of this law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings set forth against each of them:

The Ministry: The Ministry of the Interior.

Minister: The Minister of Interior.

Competent Authority: The authority specified by the Minister.

Security cameras and monitoring devices: Every device prepared for capturing, transmitting and recording the image, with the aim of monitoring and observing the security situation.

Recordings: What is captured, transmitted and recorded by cameras and security monitoring devices.

Establishments: hotels, hotel apartments, commercial complexes, cooperative societies, residential complexes, banks, exchange shops, gold and jewelry stores, sports and cultural clubs, youth centers, shopping and entertainment centers, hospitals, clinics, warehouses and stores for precious and dangerous materials, fueling stations, and other establishments to be specified by a decision of the Council Ministers, upon the proposal of the Minister.

Article 2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (3) of this law, the owners of facilities and those responsible for their management must install cameras and security monitoring devices and operate them throughout the day, provided that they have a central control room.

And the competent authority – in accordance with the requirements of the public interest – to oblige any of the owners and officials of the facilities to connect their cameras and monitoring devices to the devices of the authority determined by the competent authority.

Article 3

The technical specifications of the cameras and security monitoring devices are determined by a decision of the Minister, according to what is approved locally and internationally, and the competent authority determines the places and points of their placement and their number in the facilities.

Article 4

In the facilities, it must be indicated by a clear sign or boards that they are equipped with cameras and security monitoring devices, and the competent authority shall specify their specifications, number and places of placement.

Article 5

The recordings of cameras and security monitoring devices must be kept for a period of one hundred and twenty days, and no modifications should be made to them, and the recordings must be destroyed immediately after the expiry of that period.

Article 6

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (5), it is prohibited to deliver, transfer, store, send or publish any of the aforementioned recordings, except with the written consent of the competent investigation authority or the competent court.

Article 7

The owners of the facilities and those responsible for their management shall maintain and update security cameras and surveillance devices, on a regular and continuous basis, to ensure their proper performance for their purposes, and the continuity of their conformity with the technical specifications.

Article 8

The employees appointed by the Competent Minister to control the violations stipulated in this law shall have the capacity of a judicial police force. In order to perform their duties, they may enter the establishments and inspect them, seize the violations and the materials subject of the violation, write the necessary reports and refer them to the competent investigation authority.

Article 9

It is prohibited to install cameras and security monitoring devices in places intended for housing, sleeping, physiotherapy rooms, changing rooms, toilets, women’s health institutes, women’s salons, or any sites where placing cameras in conflict with personal privacy and explained in the executive regulations, and other places may be added by a decision of the Minister.

Article 10

The investigation body or the court may consider the recordings made by cameras and security monitoring devices as evidence.

Article 11

Whoever violates any of the provisions of Articles (2 and 7) of this law shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine of no less than one thousand dinars and not more than five thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties.

Article 12

Anyone who violates any of the provisions of Articles (5, 6 and 9) of this law shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and a fine of no less than two thousand dinars and not more than ten thousand dinars, or one of these two penalties.

Article 13

Anyone who violates the provisions of Article (4) of this law shall be punished with a fine of no less than five hundred dinars and not more than one thousand dinars.

Article 14

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty stipulated by another law, a penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years and not less than two years and a fine of no less than two thousand dinars and not more than ten thousand dinars, or one of these two penalties, shall be imposed on whoever intentionally offends or defames others by picking up Or extract one or more images or video clips from the recordings or publish them using cameras and security monitoring devices stipulated in this law.

The penalty shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years and not less than three years and a fine of not less than three thousand dinars and not more than twenty thousand dinars, or either of these two penalties, if the actions referred to in the previous paragraph are associated with threats or extortion or include the exploitation of the photo or video clip taken. about it by any means in violation of modesty or prejudice to honor.

Article 15

The establishments existing at the time of this law’s enforcement shall adjust their conditions in accordance with its provisions, within one year from the date of its enforcement.

Article 16

The Minister shall issue the necessary decisions to implement the provisions of this law .

Article 17

Ministers – each within his jurisdiction – shall implement this law, and it shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.