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That both Houses of the Legislature of Mysore as at present constituted shall be dissolved on the fifteenth day of December, 1949;

That thereafter, and until such time as the House or Houses of the Legislature of Mysore has or have been duly constituted and summoned to meet for the first session under the provisions of the Constitution of India, there shall be only one House of the Legislature to be known as the Legislative Assembly of Mysore;

That the constitution of the said Legislative Assembly of Mysore shall in all respects be the same as the constitution of the Constituent Assembly of Mysore, all members of which shall, on the sixteenth day of December, 1949 become members of the said Legislative Assembly of Mysore.

Whereas with the inauguration of the new Constitution for the whole of India now being framed by the Constituent Assembly of India, the Government of India Act, 1935, which now governs the constitutional relationship between this State and the Dominion of India will stand repealed;

And whereas, in the best interests of this State, which is closely linked with the rest of India by a community of interests in the economic, political and other fields, it is desirable that the constitutional relationship established between this State and the Dominion of India, should be continued as between this State and the contemplated Union of India; and the Constitution of India as drafted by the Constituent Assembly of India, which includes duly appointed representatives of this State, provides a suitable basis for doing so;

I now hereby declare and direct—

That the Constitution of India shortly to be adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India shall in so far as it is applicable to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, govern the constitutional relationship between this State and the contemplated Union of India and shall be enforced in this State by me, my heirs and successors in accordance with the tenor of its provisions;