Article 8(1), which is very important for our purpose, is in these terms: " (1) Any contract made on behalf of the Governor General in Council before the appointed day shall, as from that day, (a)if the contract is for purposes which as from that day are exclusively purposes of the Dominion of Pakistan, be deemed to have been made on behalf of the Dominion of Pakistan instead of the Governor General in Council; and (b)in any other case, be deemed to have been made on behalf of the Dominion of India instead of the Governor General in Council; and all rights and liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they would have been rights or liabilities of the Governor General in Council, be rights or liabilities of the Dominion of Pakistan or the Dominion of India, as the case may be. " The first question is, what is the true scope and effect of article 8(1) of the Independence Order, 1947? Does it apply to the contract in question, and, if so, does the contract fall within the purview of cl.