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 (2) of Article I, provided that equality of representation between East Pakistan and west Pakistan is preserved.

 202. Agreements relating to Rulers.- (1) Where, under any agreement made at any time before or after the Constitution Day between the Government of Pakistan and the Ruler of a State which at that time was in accession with Pakistan, the payment of any sums free of tax has been guaranteed or assured by the Government of Pakistan to that Ruler as his privy purse, those sums shall be charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund and shall be paid out of that Fund to the Ruler free of tax.

 (2) Where the territories of any such Ruler as aforesaid are comprised within a Province, there shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of that Province, and be paid out of that Fund to the Federal Government, any sum which that Government has paid to the Ruler under clause (1).

 (3) In the exercise of any power to make laws, and in the exercise of the executive authority of the Federation or a Province, due regard shall be had to the guarantees or assurances given under any such agreement as is referred to in clause (1) with respect to the personal rights, privileges and dignities of the Ruler of any such State as is referred to in that clause.

 203. Provision relating to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.- When the people of the State of Jammu and Kashmir decide to accede to Pakistan the relationship between. Pakistan and the said State shall be determined in accordance with the wishes of the people of that State.


Chapter iv-Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes

 204. Definition of Scheduled Caste.- The castes, races and tribes, and parts or groups within castes, races and tribes which, immediately before the Constitution Day, constituted the Scheduled Castes within the meaning of the Fifth Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935, shall, for the purposes of the Constitution, be deemed to be the Scheduled Castes until Parliament by Law otherwise provides.

 205. Promotion of the interests of Scheduled Castes and backward classes.-The Federal and Provincial Government shall promote, with special care the educational and economic interests of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes in Pakistan, and shall protect them from social injustice and exploitation.

 206. Appointment of Commission to investigate the conditions of Scheduled Castes and backward classes.- (1) The President may appoint a Commission to investigate the conditions of Scheduled Castes and backward classes in Pakistan and make recommendations as to the steps to be taken and grants to be made by the Federal or Provincial Governments to improve their conditions.

 (2) The Commission appointed under clause (1) shall investigate the matter referred to them and submit a report to the President with such recommendations as the