Friday, March 20, 2026 – 10:20 am
During Eid al-Fitr, adults and children go shopping Fireworks As a kind of celebration and joy to celebrate, but it sometimes leads to serious injuries due to misuse and negligence.
Punishment for possession of fireworks
The law criminalizes the possession of fireworks because of the harm it causes to individuals, as its punishment reaches life. Cairo 24 will review for you in the following lines the penalty for possession of fireworks.
Muhammad Hamid Salem, the lawyer, said that the law is firm in criminalizing the possession, manufacture or import of explosives, due to the danger they pose to society, and that Article 102 “A” of the Penal Code; The penalty of life imprisonment was established for anyone who obtains, possesses, manufactures, or imports firecrackers without obtaining a license to do so.
Salem added, in statements to Cairo 24, that all firecrackers are treated the same in the Egyptian Penal Code. Possession of explosive materials is equivalent to possession of fireworks, and there is no difference between them, except in the court’s handling of the case before it, its merits, and the motive of the holder of those materials for carrying them.
Fireworks
He added: A decision was issued by the Minister of the Interior No. 1872 of 2004, specifying the materials that are considered explosives, which included black powder and some other materials. Which is used in making bombs, missiles, sparklers, and all other fireworks.
