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Except with the previous sanction of the Raj Pramukh, 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 duty as a servant of any ConvenantingCovenanting [sic] State before the date on which the administration thereof is made over to the Raj Pramukh.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions of this Covenant, the Rulers of Gwalior and Indore shall continue to have and exercise their present powers of suspension, remission or commutation of death sentences in respect of any person who may have been, or is hereafter, sentenced to death for a capital offence committed within the territories of Gwalior or of Indore, as the case may be.