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1834 CONVENTION-AMERICAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ. JAN . 9, 1930. Schedule II-contd. Termination for In8ubordlnation, ~:J. 18. The Government has the right, subject to the approval of the DiscIplinary Board as constituted under clause 17, to tp.rmlnate without compensation the services of an official who has been guilty of misconduct and insubordination, nnd to receive back from the Provident Fund the whole or part, as may be decided by the said Board, of the amount contributed by Go'Vernment to hiB credit in the ProvIdent Fund. Termination of Oontraet bll 01/lCUJl. 19. .An official will be entitled to terminate his contract during its currency by giving six months' notice in writing to the head of his Department, but should he do so it shall be put before the Disctplinary Board as constituted under clause 17 to decide in the circumstances whether he should receive hiB free passage home, any or all of t.he leave due to him, or more than half only of the amount standing to his credit in the ProYident Fund at the time of his resignation. 20. In the ca~ of any seconded officer of the Imperial forces or Indian army, if, on the te:minatlon of his .:ontract otherwise than under clauses 18 and 19, he cannot be absorbed within the authorised establishment, the Iraq Government shall be liable for his pay and allowances at normal British rates for the period during which he is awaiting absorption. Arbitration. 21. If any question arises under the agreement entered into by an official whether as regards its interpretation or in any other respect, it shall be referred to the DiSciplinary Board, whose deciSion, after the approval of His Majesty the King as provided in clause 17, shall be final. SCHEDULE 4. REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SERVICE OF BRITISH OFFICERS EMPLOYED UNDER THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE IRAQ GoVERNMENT. Period of SerVice. 1. -(1.) An officer will be required on appointment to enter into an agree- ment to serve the Iraq Government for a period of three years, extendable, it both parties agree and, in the case of an officer of the Imperial forces or Indian army, subject t.o the approval of His Britannic Maje:ty's Government or the Government of India, as ...te case may be, to five, seven and ten years by successive renewalS. (2.) Such period of service will commence on the date on which he embarks to take up his appointment, or in the case of an officer already serving In Iraq on a date to be fixed in his contract, and shall not be considered to be inter- rupted by any local, sick, or ordinary leave granted in accordance with these regulations. Salary. 2.- (1.) The salary of an officer together with the increment attached to it will be that provided for his office in the table of grades annexed to this schedule. Half Salary during VOf/age on. Appointment. (2.) An officer proceeding to Iraq to take up an appointment under the Government of Iraq will be entitled to the fuIl pay of his Iraq appointment from the date of arrival in Iraq and for the period from the date of embarka- tion to the date of his arrival in Iraq, (a) it an officer of the Imperial forces, to half-pay of his Iraq appointment or to his British regimental pay (without allowances) of his substantive rank, whichever is the greater; (b) it an officer of the Indian army, to halt the pay of his Iraq appointment or to the pay of his substantive rank without staff pay if proceeding from India to Iraq, or it not so proceeding the British regimental pay of his substantive r8llk, whichever is the greater; (c) in all other cases to half the pay of: Iraq appointment. Cwr6fWJI of PGfI'FIWmt In Iraq. S. -(L) Subject to clause 16 of these regulations, emoluments paid in Iraq will be paid in rupees. (2.) An officer, on giving three months' notice, shall have the option of drawing one-third of his BIlIary In London at the fixed conversion rate of R& 15 to £1, or, In the event of the currency being altered, at the par rate of exchange.