Article (242)
The existing system of municipal administration shall continue to be in force until the system
stipulated herein is gradually implemented within five years of the date of entry into force of this
Constitution, without prejudice to Article 180 thereof.
Article (243)
The State shall endeavor that workers and farmers be appropriately represented in the first House
of Representatives to be elected after this Constitution is approved, as regulated by law.
Article (244)
The State shall endeavor that youth, Christians, persons with disability and Egyptians living
abroad be appropriately represented in the first House of Representatives to be elected after this
Constitution is approved, as regulated by law.
Article (245)
The employees of the Shoura Council who are still in service on the date that this Constitution
comes into force shall be transferred to the House of Representatives with the same job levels
and seniority on that date. Their salaries, allowances, bonuses, and their other financial
entitlements granted to them on an individual basis shall be maintained. All funds of the Shoura
Council shall be transferred to the House of Representatives.
Article (246)
The Constitutional Declaration issued on July 5th, 2013, the Constitutional Declaration issued on
July 8th, 2013, and any constitutional texts or provisions of the Constitution issued in 2012 but
not covered by this constitutional document shall be deemed repealed as of the date that this
Constitution comes into effect. Their consequential effects shall however remain in force.
Article (247)
This Constitution shall come into effect as at the date on which it is announced that the People
have approved it in a referendum through a majority of valid votes of the participants.
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