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full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for, and in relation to, the governance of the Indian States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh are exercisable by the Dominion Government;

, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 290A of the Government of India Act, 1935, 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 States’ Merger (Chief Commissioners’ Provinces) Order, 1950.

(2) It shall come into force on the 23rd day of January, 1950, which day is hereinafter referred to as "the appointed day".

2. (1) As from the appointed day, each of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh shall be administered in all respects as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s Province, and shall respectively be known as the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh.

(2) The said Chief Commissioners’ Provinces are hereinafter referred to as "the new Provinces".

3. As from the appointed day, 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 any of the States specified in Article 2 and any reference in any such Act or Ordinance as aforesaid to the Chief Commissioners’ Provinces shall be construed as including a reference to the new Provinces.

4. All the law in force in any of the new Provinces or in any part thereof immediately before the appointed day, including orders made under section 3 or section 4 of the Extra Provincial Jurisdiction Act, 1947 (XLVII of 1947), shall continue in force until repealed, modified or amended by the Dominion Legislature or other competent authority: