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4. An official dismissed or retiring under the terms of the preceding clauses shall
receive in addition to compensation a repatriation allowance sufficient to cover the cost
of transporting himself, his family and his household goods to London.
5. Compensation and pensions shall be payable in Egyptian pounds at the fixed
rate of 97i piastres to the pound sterling.
6. A table of compensation, (A) for permanent officials, (B) for temporary officials,
shall be prepared by the president of the Society of Actuaries and shall lie based on the
following factors :—
(a.) The present value of the expectation of service of the official = S.
(?>.) The present value of the expectation of pension = P.
(c.) The re-employability of the official at home = X.
(d.) The actual pension or indemnity payable to the official under the terms of
service at the date of his dismissal or retirement = Q.
The formula shall take the following form :—
Compensation = S + P — X — Q.
7. An arbitration board shall be set up by the British and Egyptian Governments
to decide—
(a.) The percentage of the amount of compensation determined in accordance
with table B to be accorded to non-pensionable officials, having regard to
the conditions of service in each individual case ;
(b.) The weight to be attached to claims for additional compensation put forward
by officials in respect of personal, house or other allowances or emoluments
for special services in addition to their pensionable salaries;
(c.) The number of years’ service which shall be added to the actual period of
service in Egypt in the case of an official appointed to the Egyptian
Government service immediately after having served in the war ;
(d.) The claim of any official whose case does not fall within the general rules set
out above.
Annex (B).
Protection of Minorities.
Egypt undertakes that the stipulations following shall be recognised as fundamental
laws, and that no law, regulation or official action shall conflict or interfere with these
stipulations, nor shall any law, regulation or official action prevail over them.
Egypt undertakes to assure full and complete protection of life and liberty to
all inhabitants of Egypt without distinction of birth, nationality, language, race or
religion.
All inhabitants of Egypt shall be entitled to the free exercise, whether public or
private, of any creed, religion or belief, whose practices are not inconsistent with
public order or public morals.
All Eg.yptian nationals shall be equal before the law, and shall enjoy the same
civil and political rights without distinction as to race, language or religion.
Differences of religion, creed or confession shall not prejudice any Egyptian
national in matffers relating to the enjoyment of civil or political rights, as, for instance,
admission to public employments, functions and honours or the exercise of professions
and industries.
No restriction shall be imposed on the free use by any Egyptian national of any
language in private intercourse, in commerce, in religion,in the pressor in publications
of any kind or at public meetings.
Egyptian nationals who belong to racial, religious or linguistic minorities
shall enjoy the same treatment and security in law and in fact as the other Egyptian
nationals. In particular they shall have an equal right to establish, manage and
control, at their own expense, charitable, religious and social institutions, schools and
other educational establishments, with the right to use their own language and to
exercise their religion freely therein.