Returning seized items in accordance with the provisions of Libyan law: A comparative study

Abstract

The study addresses the legal regulation by both the Libyan and Egyptian legislators of the provisions for returning seized items obtained from a criminal offense, and what results from return orders in terms of dispute or doubt regarding ownership or possession of the seized items. The legal regulation includes the jurisdiction to consider the return order, as well as the possibility of compensation in cases of damage or loss, the non-claim of the passage of time, the procedures for considering the return order and what the decision of the competent authority to consider it leads to, as well as the possibility of appealing these decisions and the extent of their binding force on everyone.