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WHEREAS by Instruments of Accession executed in August, 1947, the Rulers of the States specified in the Schedule hereto have acceded to the Dominion of India;

AND WHEREAS by Covenant entered into in May, 1948, the Rulers of the said States have with the consent of the Government of India agreed to the integration of the respective territories into a single State known as the Patiala and East Punjab States Union in this Instrument referred to as "the Union";

AND WHEREAS by Article VIII of the said Covenant it is provided that the Raj Pramukh of the Union shall, as soon as practicable, execute on behalf of the Union a fresh Instrument of Accession in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Government of India Act, 1935, accepting as matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for the Union all matters mentioned in List I and List III of the Seventh Schedule to the said Act, except matters relating to taxation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I Maharajadhiraja Rajeshwar Sri Sir Yadavindra Singh Mahindar Bahadur of Patiala, Raj Pramukh of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union, do hereby execute this Instrument of Accession for and on behalf of the Union; and

1. I hereby declare that I accede to the Dominion of India with the intent that the Governor-General of India, the Dominion Legislature, the Federal Court and any other Dominion authority established for the purposes of the Dominion shall, by virtue of this Instrument of Accession but subject always to the terms thereof, and for the purposes only of the Dominion, exercise in relation to the Union such functions as may be vested in them by or under the Government of India Act, 1935, as for the time being in force in the Dominion of India (which Act as so in force is hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

2. I hereby assume the obligation of ensuring that due effect is given to the provisions of the Act within the Union so far as they are applicable therein by virtue of this Instrument of Accession.

3. I accept all matters enumerated in List I and List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Act as matters in respect of which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for the Union:

Provided that nothing contained in the said Lists or in any other provision of the Act shall be deemed to empower the Dominion Legislature to impose any tax or duty in the territories of the Union or to prohibit