¹[249. Compensation

(1) If by reason of anything done under this Act the conditions of service of any person appointed to a civil service or a civil post by the Secretary of State have been adversely affected, or if for any other reason it appears to the Secretary of State that compensation ought to be granted to, or in respect of, any such person, he or his representatives shall be entitled to receive from the revenuesof the Federation, or if the Secretary of State so directs, from the revenuesof a Province, such compensation as the Secretary of State may consider justand equitable.

(2) Any sum payable under this section from the revenues of theFederation or the revenues of a Province shall be charged on the revenuesof the Federation or, as the case may be, that Province.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the foregoingprovisions of this section in no way prohibit expenditure by the Governor-General, or, as the case may be, the Governor, from the revenues of the Federation or a Province by way of compensation to persons who are servingor have served His Majesty in India in cases to which those provisions donot apply.

Provisions as to persons appointed by Secretary of State in Council, persons holding reserved posts and commissioned officers in civil employment.

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1. Omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947.