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said United State all the matters mentioned in Lists I and III of Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935, except the entries in List I relating to any tax or duty;

AND WHEREAS by Covenant entered into in April 1949, the Rulers of the said fourteen States have with the consent of the Government of India agreed that the former Rajasthan State should be reconstituted by the integration of the territories of all the fourteen States into a single State known as the United State of Rajasthan, referred to in this Instrument as "the United State";

AND WHEREAS by Article VIII of the said Covenant it is provided that the Raj Pramukh of the United State shall, as soon as practicable and in any event not later than the fifteenth day of April 1949, execute on behalf of the United State an Instrument of Accession in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of the Government of India Act, 1935, and in place of the Instrument of Accession of the former Rajasthan State and the Instruments of Accession of the new Covenanting States, whereby he shall accept as matters in respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for the United State all the matters specified in the Instrument of Accession of the former Rajasthan State;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Maharajadhiraja Sawai Sir Man Singhji Bahadur, Raj Pramukh of the United State of Rajasthan, do hereby execute this Instrument of Accession for and on behalf of the United State; and

1. I hereby declare that I accede to the Dominion of India with the intent that the Governor-General of India, the Dominion Legislature, the Federal Court and any other Dominion authority established for the purposes of the Dominion shall, by virtue of this Instrument of Accession but subject always to the terms thereof, and for the purposes only of the Dominion, exercise in relation to the United State such functions as may be vested in them by or under the Government of India Act, 1935, as for the time being in force in the Dominion of India (which Act as so in force is hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

2. I hereby assume the obligation of ensuring that due effect is given to the provisions of the Act within the United State so far as they are applicable therein by virtue of this Instrument of Accession.

3. I accept all matters enumerated in List I and List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Act as matters in respect of which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for the United State:

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