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APPENDIX XLIV

Government of India

MINISTRY OF LAW

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 27th July, 1949.

No. S. O. 25.—The following Order made by the Governor-General is published for general information:—

THE STATES’ MERGER (GOVERNORS’ PROVINCES) ORDER, 1949.

WHEREAS full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for and in relation to the governance of the Indian States specified in the Schedules annexed hereto are exerciseable by the Dominion Government;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide by order made under section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, for the administration of the said States together with the adjoining Governors’ Provinces;

AND WHEREAS the views of the Governments of the said Provinces have been ascertained both with respect to the proposal to make such an Order and with respect to the provisions to be inserted therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in the exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 290A, the Governor-General is pleased to make the following Order:—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the States’ Merger (Governors’ Provinces) Order, 1949.
(2) It shall come into force on the first day of August, 1949.

2. In this Order, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—

(a) "absorbing Province", in relation to a merged State, means the Province specified in the heading of the Schedule in which that State is specified;

(b) "appointed day" means the date of the commencement of this Order;

(c) "central purposes" means the purposes of Government relatable to any of the matters mentioned in the Federal Legislative List;