(1)It shall be lawful for His Majesty, if an address in that behalf has been presented to him by each House of Parliament and if the condition herein-after mentioned is satisfied, to declare by Proclamation that as from the day therein appointed there shall be united in a Federation under the Crown, by the name of the Federation of India,-(a)the Provinces hereinafter called Governors' Provinces ; and(b)the Indian States which have acceded or may thereafter accede to the Federation ; and in the Federation so established there shall be included the Provinces hereinafter called Chief Commissioners' Provinces.
