Pt. 7: The Armed Forces+The National Defense Council

Egypt’s Interim Constitution

Chapter One: The State

Chapter 2. Pt. 1 Social and Moral Constituents

Chapter 2 Pt. 2 Social + Economic Constituents

Chapter 3 Public Freedoms, Rights + Duties

Chapter Four: Sovereignty of the Law

Chapter 5 Pt1 The Head of State

Part Two: The People’s Assembly

Part Three: The Executive Authority

Part Four: The Judiciary Authority

Part Five: The Supreme Constitutional Court

Part Six: The Socialist Public Prosecutor

 

Part Seven: The Armed Forces and The National Defense Council

Article 180:

The State alone shall establish the Armed Forces, which shall belong to the people. Their task shall be to protect the country, safeguard its territory and security, and protect the socialist achievements of popular struggle. No organization or group may establish military or semimilitary formations. The law shall prescribe the conditions of service and promotion for the armed forces.

Article 181:

General mobilization shall be organized in accordance with the law.

Article 182: A Council named ” The National Defense Council ” shall be established and presided over by the President of the Republic. It shall undertake the examination of matters pertaining to the methods ensuring the safety and security of the country. The law shall establish its other competences.

Article 183: The law shall organize military judicature, prescribe its competences within the limits of the principles prescribed by the Constitution.