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 Provided that where any such Order is made with respect to any area included within a Governor's Province, the Governor-General shall, before making such Order, ascertain the views of the Government of that Province both with respect to the proposal to make the Order and with respect to the provisions to be inserted therein,

(2) An Order made under sub-section (1) of this section may contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions for varying the representation in the Legislature) as the Governor-General may deem necessary."

 

168. An order under S. 290A, known as the States' Merger (Governor's Provinces) Order, 1949, issued on July 27, 1949, (Appendix XLIV) was applied to the Provincially-merged States with effect from August 1, 1949. Under the provisions of this Order,

The Order also provided for

Amending Orders under this section were issued in respect of U.P. States and Cooch-Behar on 29th November, 1949, and 31st December, 1949, respectively. (Appendices XLV and XLVI).

169. Under this Order, the States merged in a Province have been given representation in the Provincial Legislature in the same proportion to their population as the existing strength of the Provincial Legislature bears to the population of the Province proper excluding the States. As the preparation of the electoral rolls on the basis of the existing provincial franchise and