<page_title> Marry-your-rapist law </page_title> <section_title> Laws by country </section_title> <table> <cell> 1999 <col_header> Repealed </col_header> </cell> <cell> Article 291 of Egypt's penal code allowed rapists or kidnappers to escape prosecution by marrying their victim. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1999, Article 291 of the Egypt Penal Code was repealed.