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Hakim, Yorguy. 1992 ‘Regulation of Ammunition in Egypt (1992).’ Library of Congress Report: Regulation of Ammunition. Washington DC: Law Library of Congress (USA). 1 August
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EGYPT
Ammunition for weapons such as handguns, machineguns, and rifles are allocated to arms dealers according to their category: 20,000 bullets and 200 handguns for the first category; 10,000 bullets and 100 handguns for the second category; and 5,000 bullets and 50 handguns for the third category, all on a yearly basis.
The Public Safety Administration may allow each dealer to sell an additional quantity of bullets provided that it does not exceed three times the quantities allocated in the rules published in 3 al-Mawsu'ah al-'Tashri'iyah al-Hadithah [3 Modern Legislative Encyclopeadia for the United Arab Republic], Section: Weapons and Ammunition, Ministerial Decree No. 431 of 1975, as amended, Official Gazette No. 81 of April l8, 1975 at 34/R, Cairo, 1975 [in Arabic].
Subsequently, Public Security Decree No. 2095 of 1975, above source at 37/H eliminated the third category of dealers and restricted the first and second categories to observe carefully the requirements for warehousing the ammunition allocated for hand and machine guns on the premises (Official Gazette No. 261 of October 3, 1977 at 37/R).
The Minister of Housing expressed his concern that the shops storing ammunition, explosives, gunpowder, etc., should take every precaution to protect them from fire hazards and from radiation that may constitute a danger to the public and to the environment according to the Housing Minister's Decree No. 5 of 1978 (Official Gazette No. 158 of May 17, 1978, same source at 39/R). This decree emphasizes that the premises must be built to avoid any accident that may cause damage to the industrial and commercial areas.