Meanwhile, the Egyptian Council of State (Maglis El Dowla) plans to recommend that changes be made to legislation governing real estate and tourist resorts as part of an ongoing legislative review the council has undertaken. Many tenets of the laws under review have remained unchanged since the ‘50s need to be updated to reflect modern practices, said Ahmed Abu Al Azam, head of the Council’s legislation department. Abu Al Azam is compiling a list of acts of parliament that should be amended and noted that in real estate, legislation government property rights, building codes and permits all need to be updated, Al Borsa reports.