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laws in force in the District of Banaskantha shall, as from that day, extend to, and be in force in, that area:

Provided that anything done or any action taken under the laws in force in the merged area, before the appointed day, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding law, extend to, and be in force in, that area as from the appointed day.

Explanation.—In this article "law" includes any Act, Ordinance or Regulation, and any notification, Order, Schedule, Rule, form or bye-law issued, made or prescribed under any Act, Ordinance or Regulation.

5. The provisions of articles 5 to 10 of the States' Merger (Governors' Provinces) Order, 1949, shall apply in relation to the merged area as they apply in relation to a merged State, but subject to the modification that all references therein to "the absorbing Province" and "the appointed day" shall be deemed, respectively, to be references to "the Province of Bombay" and "the date of commencement of this Order".

6. For the purposes of article II of the States' Merger (Governors' Provinces) Order, 1949, the merged area shall be deemed to be included in Schedule II to that Order along with the group of merged States headed by Idar, and the said article shall have effect accordingly.

The area comprised in the following villages in the Abu Road and Dilwara Tehsils of the Sirohi State, namely:—