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| Attribute | MauritiusReviewed | EgyptReviewed |
|---|---|---|
| Legal family | Mixed French civil law and English common law | Civil law with Islamic law as principal source |
| System of government | Parliamentary republic | Semi-presidential republic |
| Constitution | Constitution of Mauritius | Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
| In force since | 1968 | 2014 |
| Capital | Port Louis | Cairo |
| Official languages | English, French, Mauritian Creole | Arabic |
| Currency | Mauritian rupee (MUR) | Egyptian pound (EGP) |
| Population | 1,260,000 | 105,000,000 |
| Division of powers | Unitary, with Rodrigues holding a statutory autonomous status and its own Regional Assembly, and Agalega and St Brandon administered as outer islands. | Unitary, with 27 governorates headed by governors appointed by the President. There is no legislative devolution — governorates administer central policy, and local popular councils have been without elections for over a decade. |
| How law is made | Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and receive presidential assent. Constitutional amendments require a three-quarters majority, and certain entrenched provisions — including the electoral and 'best loser' arrangements — require both a three-quarters majority and, for some, a referendum. | Bills originate with the government, the President or members of the House of Representatives. They are examined in committee and passed by the House; the President may return a bill once, which the House can override by a two-thirds majority. Where the House is not in session the President may issue decree-laws that have the force of law but lapse unless ratified at the next session. Bills touching the judiciary must be put to the relevant judicial body for its opinion first. |
| Legal profession | A three-branch profession unusual in the region: barristers hold rights of audience, attorneys handle procedure and instruct barristers, and notaries deal with conveyancing and authenticated instruments under the civil-law tradition. | A single fused profession of advocates enrolled with the Egyptian Bar Association, with rights of audience tiered by seniority — appearance before the Court of Cassation requires years of practice and separate admission. Judges are career appointments recruited largely from the prosecution service and trained through the National Centre for Judicial Studies; the Council of State maintains a separate judicial career for administrative judges. |
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