Act Info:
It shall be lawful for the Governor General in India in Council, with the sanction and approbation of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, acting under the control and direction of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, from time to time, by proclamation1duly published, to take under the immediate authority and management of the said Governor General of India in Council any part or parts of the territories for the time being in the possession or under the government of the said company, and thereupon to give all necessary orders and directions respecting the administration of such part or parts of the said territories or otherwise to provide for the administration thereof:
2Provided always, that no law or regulation in force at any such time as regards any such portion of territory shall be altered or repealed except by law or regulation made by the Governor General of India in Council.
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1. For form of proclamation, see the proclamation in respect of the territories now forming the North West Frontier Province, Gazette of India, 1901, Pt. I, p. 357 and Gazette of India, 1907 p. 575.
2. The Government of India Act, 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 6), Section 3.