.....known as Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam; (d) "High Court" means the High Court at Madras; (e) "law" means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order, bye-law, decree or other provision (by whatever name called) having the force of law ; (f) "Pondicherry" means the Union territory comprising the territories of the former French Establishments; (g) "Treaty of Cession" means the treaty concluded between France and India on the 28th day of May, 1956, establishing the cession of the French Establishments by France to India in full sovereignty. Officers and functionaries in relation to Pondicherry:- 3. Without prejudice to the powers of the Central Government to appoint from time to time such officers and authorities as may be necessary for the administration of Pondicherry, all courts, tribunals, authorities and officers, whether in India or in the former French Establishments, who immediately before the appointed day, were exercising lawful functions in connection with administration of those Establishments or any part thereof, including the Council of Government and the Representative, Assembly, shall unless otherwise directed at any time by the Central.....
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