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No. 127-P.—The following Order of the Governor General is published for general information:—

THE BOMBAY (ENLARGEMENT OF AREA AND ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ORDER, 1947.

WHEREAS by section 290 of the Government of India Act, 1935, as adapted by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947, it is provided that the Governor-General may by order increase the area, and alter the boundaries, of any Province and make such provisions as the Governor-General may deem necessary or proper for any supplementary, incidental or consequential matters;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that certain areas outside the Dominion of India should be included therein and made part of the Province of Bombay;

AND WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the said section 290 the Governor-General has ascertained the views of the Government of the Province of Bombay both with respect of the proposal to make the order and with respect to the provisions to be inserted therein;

NOW THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 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 Bombay (Enlargement of Area and Alteration of Boundaries) Order, 1947.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. (1) The areas specified in the succeeding paragraph are hereby included in the territories of the Dominion of India.

(2) The areas referred to in the preceding paragraph are:

(a) the areas comprised in the Estates which on the first day of July, 1947, were included in the Vatrak Kantha thana of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency and were known by the following names:—

(b) the area known as Dangs.