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the imposition of any duty or tax by the Legislature of the Union in the said territories:

Provided further that where a law of the Union with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the said List III contains any provision repugnant to the provisions of an earlier Dominion Law or an existing law with respect to that matter, then, if the law of the Union having been reserved for the consideration of the Governor General of India has received the assent of the Governor General, the law of the Union shall prevail in the Union but nevertheless the Dominion Legislature may at any time enact further legislation with respect to the same matter:

Provided further that no Bill or amendment for making any provision repugnant to any law of the Union, which, having been so reserved, has received the assent of the Governor General, shall be introduced or moved in the Dominion Legislature without the previous sanction of the Governor General.

4. I hereby declare that I accede to the Dominion of India on the assurance that if an agreement is made between the Governor-General and the Raj Pramukh of the Union whereby any functions in relation to the administration in the Union of any law of the Dominion Legislature shall be exercised by the Raj Pramukh then any such agreement shall be deemed to form part of this Instrument and shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

5. I further declare that the provisions contained in Part VI of the Act with respect to interference with water supplies shall apply in relation to the Union.

6. The terms of this Instrument of Accession shall not be varied by any amendment of the Act or of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, unless such amendment is accepted by the Raj Pramukh of the Union by an Instrument supplementary to this Instrument.

7. Nothing in this Instrument shall empower the Dominion Legislature to make any law for the Union authorising the compulsory acquisition of land for any purpose, but should the Dominion for the purposes of a Dominion Law which applies in the Union deem it necessary to acquire any land the Raj Pramukh of the Union shall at the request and at the expense of the Dominion Government acquire the land or if the land belongs to the Union transfer it to them on such terms as may be agreed, or, in default of agreement, determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Chief Justice of India.

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