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APPENDIX XLVII

government of india

MINISTRY OF LAW

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29th July, 1949.

No. S.O. 26.—The following Order made by the Governor-General is published for general information:—

THE STATES MERGER (CHIEF COMMISSIONERS’ PROVINCES) ORDER, 1949.

Whereas full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for, and in relation to, the governance of the Indian States and part of an Indian State hereinafter specified are exercisable by the Dominion Government;

Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 290-A of the Government of India Act, 1935, 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 States Merger (Chief Commissioners’ Provinces) Order, 1949.

(2) It shall come into force on the first day of August, 1949, which day is hereinafter referred to as "the appointed day".

2. (1) As from the appointed day,

(a) each of the States of Bhopal, Bilaspur and Rampur shall be administered in all respects as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s Province, and shall respectively be known as the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Bhopal, Bilaspur and Rampur;

(b) the group of States specified in the first Schedule to this Order shall be administered in all respects as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s Province, and shall be known as the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Himachal Pradesh; and

(c) the parts of States specified in the Second Schedule to this Order shall be administered in all respects as if they were a Chief Commissioner’s Province, and shall be known as the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Kutch.

(2) The said Chief Commissioners’ Provinces are hereinafter referred to as "the new Provinces".

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