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staff, maintenance of his residences, and marriages and other ceremonies, and will neither be increased nor decreased by the Government of India for any reason whatsoever.

(3) The amount of privy purse provided in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be paid in four equal instalments in advance at the beginning of each quarter of the year into such bank account as may be specified by the Nawab in this behalf.

The income derived annually from the share of the Nawab in the original investment by Qudsia Begum in the Bhopal State Railway, which share is now agreed to be Rupees five lakhs and fifty five thousand, shall be treated as the personal income of the Nawab and shall be paid by the Government of India to the Nawab and his successors.

(1) The Nawab shall be entitled to the full ownership, use and enjoyment of all private properties (as distinct from State properties) belonging to him immediately before the date of transfer.

(2) As inventory of all the immovable property, securities and cash balances held by the Nawab as such private property immediately before the date of transfer will be prepared and agreed upon between the Government of India and the Nawab, and such inventory shall be final and shall not be called into question.

All the members of the Nawab's family shall be entitled to all the personal privileges, dignities and titles enjoyed by them, whether within or outside the territories of the State, immediately before the 15th day of August 1947.

(1) The Government of India agree that the succession to the Throne of Bhopal State shall be governed by and regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Act known as the Succession to "the Throne of Bhopal Act of 1947" and at present in force in the State.

(2) The Government of India further agree that all the rights and privileges secured by this Agreement to the Nawab shall be continued to his successor.

No enquiry shall be made, no proceedings shall lie, and no action shall