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APPENDIX LI

S.O. 35

THE PROVINCES AND STATES (ABSORPTION OF ENCLAVES) ORDER, 1950.

WHEREAS certain small areas forming part of certain Provinces or Acceding States are surrounded by the territories of certain other Provinces or Acceding States;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that these enclaves should be included, in and form part of, the Provinces or Acceding States by the territories of which they are surrounded;

AND WHEREAS the Central Government has full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for, and in relation to, the governance of the enclaves forming part of the Acceding States;

AND WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of Sections 290, 290A and 290B of the Government of India Act, 1935 the Governor-General has ascertained the views of the Governments of the Provinces concerned both with respect to the proposal to make the Order and with respect to the provisions to be inserted therein;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said sections and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor-General is pleased to make the following Order:—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Provinces and States (Absorption of Enclaves) Order, 1950.

(2) It shall come into force on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1950.

2. In this Order,—

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

(b) "enclave" means any area specified as such in any of the Schedules to this Order;

(c) "unit" means a Governor’s Province, a Chief Commissioner’s Province or an Acceding State specified in any of the Schedules to this Order;

(d) "surrendering unit" and "absorbing unit", in relation to an enclave specified in a Schedule mean, respectively, the units specified as such above that enclave in that Schedule;

(e) "Schedule" means a Schedule to this Order.

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