Article 60
1. The provisions in the articles 56—59 inclusive, shall under no condition be applied to such extent that factual alteration is made in the divisions of governing powers and in the financial relations between the Republic of the United States of Indonesia and the participant territories such as described in this section.
2. In particular neither contributions to be made by the Republic of the United States of Indonesia to the participant territories nor the approval of loans nor the approval of budgets shall be subject to conditions which might lead to factual alterations as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 61
The federal law when further defining the financial relations between the Republic of the United States of Indonesia and the participant territories shall, whenever possible, provide for further guarantees to ensure that the Republic of the United States of Indonesia and the participant territories fully respect each other’s rights and competences.
Part 3. Rights and liabilities
Article 62
The properties, claims and other rights taken over from Indonesia at the transfer of sovereignty accrue respectively to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia and to the participant territories in proportion to the division of the governing powers connected therewith between the Republic of the United States of Indonesia or with the participant territories.
Article 63
The liabilities taken over from Indonesia at the transfer of sovereignty are liabilities of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia.
SECTION III
THE SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
Article 64
The existing self-governing territories are recognized.
Article 65
Regulating the position of self-governing territories is the task and competency of the participant territories concerned, with the proviso that the regulations shall be established by contract, between the participant territory and the Self-governments concerned, and that thereby the special status of the Self-governments shall be taken into account and that none of the existing self governing territories can be abolished or reduced unless for the general benefit and after authorisation to this effect is given to the Government of the participant territory concerned by a federal law declaring that the general interest requires this abolition or reduction.
Article 66
Pending the establishing of the regulations referred to in the preceding
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