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 the grant of pensions, gratituitiesgratuities [sic] and leave earned by and due to the members of the aforesaid Public Services of the State and of the Rampur State Forces.

Except with the previous sanction of the Government of India no proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be instituted against any person in respect of any act done or purporting to be done in the execution of his duties as a servant of the State before the day on which the administration is made over to the Government of India.

In confirmation whereof Mr. Vapal Pangunni Menon, Adviser to the Government of India in the Ministry of States, appends his signature on behalf and with the authority of the Governor-General of India and Nawab Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan has appended his signature on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors.

RAZA ALI KHAN, Nawab of Rampur.

V. P. MENON, Adviser to the Government of India, Ministry of States. Dated, New Delhi, the 15th May, 1949.