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 the Law of Liquidation must, under penalty of forfeiture, be claimed from our Government before the 1st January, 1886. Those which, by that date, have not been formally claimed, either by a suit brought before the Tribunals, or by a receipt issued by a competent authority, or by an order of the Court, will be definitely barred and cannot afterwards form the subject of any action against our Government.

XXIV. The Treasury of the Public Debt will reserve, for the purpose of insuring the settlement of the debts of the Liquidation which are still undecided, the bonds of the Privileged Debt, and the bonds of the Unified Debt which form part of the Liquidation funds of which it has the actual custody. All the surplus of the funds of the Liquidation as it is constituted by Art. LXIII of the Law of Liquidation will be at the disposal of our Government for assignment to the charges specified in Articles IX and X of the present law.

The bonds which may remain in the Treasury of the Debt after payment of all the debts of the Liquidation will be cancelled.

XXV. The power given to our Minister of Finance by Art. XXXVII of the Law of Liquidation to obtain advances on the current account is restricted to a maximum limit of ₤E. 1,000,000.

XXVI. The Reform Tribunals shall not have cognisance of the suit instituted by the Commissioners of the Treasury of the Public Debt against the Government of Egypt, the President of the Council, the Minister of Finance, the Mudirs, the Directors of the assigned Administrations, either in their public or private capacity, for payment of sums assigned to the sinking fund, and which have been paid directly to the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance during the months of September and October 1884.

XXVII. This Law shall be published in the 'Journal Officiel.'  It will take effect from the date of its publication, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary resulting from the Laws or Decrees in force.

XXVIII. Our Ministers are intrusted, each in so far as he is concerned, with the execution of this Law.