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The following Orders made by the Governor-General are published for general information:—

WHEREAS full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for and in relation to the governance of the Indian State of Sirohi are exercisable by the Dominion Government;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide by order made under section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, for the administration of a part of the said State as if it formed part of the adjoining Governor's Province of Bombay;

AND WHEREAS the views of the Government of the said Province have been ascertained both with respect to the proposal to make such an Order and with respect to the provisions to be inserted therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 290A, the Governor-General is pleased to make the following Order:—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the States' Merger (Bombay) Order, 1950.

(2) It shall come into force on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1950.

2. In this Order, "merged area" means the area specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3. As from the commencement of this Order the merged area which now forms part of the Indian State of Sirohi shall be administered in all respects as if it formed part of the Province of Bombay; and accordingly, any reference to an Acceding State in the Government of India Act, 1935, or in any Act or Ordinance made on or after the appointed day shall be construed as not including a reference to the merged area, and any reference in any such Act or Ordinance as aforesaid to the Province of Bombay shall be construed as including the merged area.

4. All laws in force in the merged area immediately before the appointed day shall, as from that day, cease to be in force in that area, and all