File of printed papers marked 'Egyptian negotiation' between Curzon and Adly Pasha and the Egyptian delegation [‎68v] (136/178)

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5. All decisions and orders made by any commission, committee, board of arbitra
tion or other like bodv set up under martial law shall be deemed to have been made in
good faith and under lawful authority and all such decisions and ordeis aie hereb\
confirmed. ... „
6. All payments made, all civil or commercial obligations created and all transfeis
of property or charges on property effected or created under martial law, or in reliance
upon any proclamation, regulation, notice or order made under martial law oi in
pursuance of any judgment, sentence or order made by any court acting under martial
law or of any decision or order made bv any commission, committee, board <>t aibitlation
or other like body set up under martial law shall be deemed to have been made, effected
or created under due authority of law.
7. Every person who shall have been appointed under martial law to any ounce,
whether created under martial law or otherwise, shall be deemed for all purposes to have
been lawfully appointed to such office and no such office shall be deemed to be vacated
by reason of the determination of martial law unless the legislative or other act ci eating
such office is deemed to be repealed as from the date on which this present law comes
into effect.
8. No person sentenced by any court-martial or military court to penal servitude,
detention or imprisonment who is serving his sentence in Egypt shall be released from
custody save with the consent in writing of the General Officer Commanding-in-chief
His Britannic Majesty’s forces in Egypt.
9. No civil or criminal court shall entertain any prosecution, claim tor damages or
other proceedings, including any counterclaim, in respect oi any offence or wrongful .act
alleged to have been committed by any public servant or private person while acting
under martial law.
This prohibition shall further extend :—
(1.) To all proceedings in respect of any alleged denunciation either made to any
military authority or referring to any matter which has been the subject of a military
enquiry;
(2.) To all proceedings in respect of false evidence alleged to have been given at
any enquiry before any military authority, including any court-martial or military
court or before any civil officer, commission, committee, board of arbitration or other
like body acting under martial law.
10. Nothing in this law shall be taken to limit or prevent any rights of action
against the public custodian of enemy property recognised by any proclamation
relating to the exercise of his office retained in force under article 13 of this law,
provided always that no court shall entertain any claim against the public custodian of
enemy property which is founded on the alleged irregularity or invalidity of his appoint
ment or of any proclamation, order or notice issued under martial law.
11. The Frontiers District Administration as established by order of the
commander-in-chief is provisionally maintained with its existing organisation until it
shall be otherwise determined by appropriate legislation. Pending the promulgation
of such legislation, the said Administration shall be attached to the Ministry of War and
all enactments and regulations issued by the said Administration shall remain in
force with such modifications and amendments as may from time to time be introduced
therein by our Minister of War with the approval of the Council of Ministers.
12. All proclamations and orders dealing with the property and estates of the
ex-Khedive Abbas Hilray Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and all sales and transfers of such property and estates
made by the public custodian of enemy property in Egypt are hereby expressly ratified
and confirmed. The proceeds of sale of such property and estates shall be applied for
the benefit of the said ex-Khedive and his family in such manner as the Egyptian
Government shall from time to time determine.
1 3. The abrogation of martial law by the General Officer Commanding-in-chief His
Britannic Majesty’s forces in Egypt shall be deemed to have the effect of repealing,
save as hereinafter mentioned, all proclamations, regulations, notices and orders made
under martial law as from the date on which this present law comes into effect; provided
that such repeal shall in no case be deemed to have any retrospective effect; provided
also that the proclamations, notices and orders set forth in the first column of the
schedule hereto 3re, subject to the explanations and reservations set forth in the second
column of the said schedule, hereby declared to remain in full force and effect.
14. Th is law shall come into force on the day of > •