Egypt’s parliament approves temporary law settling building code violations

LEGISLATION WATCH- House grants final approval to temporary law settling building code violations: The House of Representatives’ general assembly voted yesterday in favor of proposals that would extend a temporary law to settle building code violations and clarify some of its stipulations, Masrawy reports. The approval means authorities will continue receiving violation settlement requests for six months after amended executive regulations are issued. The recently-passed legislation had apparently fallen short of attracting the desired number of requests as a result of “vague articles” and lengthy processes.