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Whereas it is expedient that the Covenant entered into by us, the Rulers of Kathiawar States, for the formation of the United State of Kathiawar, subsequently renamed as the United State of Saurashtra, should be modified for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing;

We, the said Rulers, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Govern- modified for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing;

Notwithstanding anything contained in the original Covenant, the Constitution of India shortly to be adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India, shall be the Constitution for Saurashtra, and shall be enforced as such in accordance with the tenor of its provisions.

(1) Paragraph (2) of Article IX of the original Covenant shall cease to have effect, and paragraph (3) thereof shall be modified by substituting for the words "Until a Constitution so framed comes into operation after receiving the assent of the Rajpramukh", the words and figures “Until the twentieth day of January, 1950".

(2) References in the other Articles of the original Covenant to the Constitution framed thereunder shall be construed as references to the Constitution of India.

(1) As from the twentieth day of January, 1950 and until the Legislature of Saurashtra is duly constituted under the Constitution of India, there shall be an interim Legislature of the State consisting of the Rajpramukh, and the Constituent Assembly of the State formed in pursuance of paragraph (1) of Article IX of the original Covenant.

(2) The said Constituent Assembly shall on and from the 20th January, 1950, be known as the interim Legislative Assembly of Saurashtra.

In confirmation of the above Covenant we append our signatures, on behalf of ourselves, our heirs and successors.