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 8. Nothing in this Instrument shall be deemed to commit the Union in any way to acceptance of any future constitution of India or to fetter the discretion of the Government of the Union to enter into arrangements with the Government of India under any such future constitution.

9. Save as provided by or under this Instrument nothing contained in this Instrument shall affect the exercise of any powers, authority and rights enjoyed by the Raj Pramukh or the validity of any law for the time being in force in the Union or any part thereof.

10. The Instruments of Accession executed in August, 1947, by the Rulers of the States specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby cancelled.

Given under my hand this 7th day of August, 1948.

(Sd.) YADAVINDRA SINGH, Rajpramukh, Patiala and the East Punjab States Union.

I do hereby accept this Instrument of Accession.

Dated this 13th day of September, Nineteen hundred and forty-eight.

(Sd.) C. RAJAGOPALACHARI, Governor-General of India.

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 February 1948, the Rulers of the said States have with the consent of the Government of India agreed