Act Info:Preamble1 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1915-19
Part I
Section1 - Government of India by the Crown
Section2 - The Secretary of State
Section3 - The Council of India
Section4 - Seat in Council disqualification for Parliament
Section5 - Duties of Council
Section6 - Powers of Councel
Section7 - President and vice-president of Councel
Section8 - Meetings of Council
Section9 - Procedure at meetings
Section10 - Committees of Council and business
Section11 - Correspondence between Secretary of State and India
Section12 - [Omitted]
Section13 - [Omitted]
Section14 - [Omitted]
Section15 - Communication to Parliament as to orders for commencing hostilities
Section16 - [Omitted]
Section17 - Establishment of Secretary of State
Section18 - Pensions and gratuities
Section19 - Military appointments
Section19A - Relaxation of control of Secretary of State
Part II
Section20 - Application of revenues
Section21 - Control of Secretary of State over expenditure of revenues
Section22 - Application of revenues to military operations beyond the frontier
Section23 - Accounts of Secretary of State with Bank
Section24 - Power of attorney for sale or purchase of stock and receipt of dividends
Section25 - Provision as to securities
Section26 - Accounts to be annually laid before Parliament
Section27 - Audit of Indian accounts in United Kingdom
Part III
Section28 - Power of Secretary of State to sell, mortgage and buy property
Section29 - Contracts of Secretary of State
Section29A - High Commissioner for India
Section30 - Power to execute assurances, etc., in India
Section31 - Power to dispose of escheated property, etc.
Section32 - Rights and liabilities of Secretary of State in Council
Part IV
Section33 - Powers of control of Governor-General in Council
Section34 - The Governor-General
Section35 - [Omitted]
Section36 - Members of Council
Section37 - Rank and precedence of the Commander-in-Chief
Section38 - Vice-President of Council
Section39 - Meetings
Section40 - Business of Governor-General in Council
Section41 - Procedure in case of difference of opinion
Section42 - Provision far absence of Governor-General from meetings of Council
Section43 - Powers of Governor-General in absence from Council
Section43A - Appointment of Council Secretaries
Section44 - Restriction on power of Governor-General in Council to make war or treaty
Part V
Section45 - Relation of local Governments to Governor-General in Council
Section45A - Classification of central and provincial subjects
Section46 - Local government in governors' provinces
Section47 - Members of governors' executive councils
Section48 - Vice-president of council
Section49 - Business of governor in council and governor with ministers
Section50 - Procedure in case of difference of opinion in executive council
Section51 - Provision for absence of governor from meetings of council
Section52 - Appointment of ministers and council secretaries
Section52A - Constitution of new provinces, etc., and provision as to backward tracts
Section52B - Saving
Section53 - Lieutenant-governorships
Section54 - Appointment, etc., of lieutenant-governors
Section55 - Power to create executive councils for lieutenant-governors
Section56 - Vice-president of lieutenant-governor's council
Section57 - Business of lieutenant-governor in Council
Section58 - Chief commissioners
Section59 - Power to place territory under authority of Governor-General in Council
Section60 - Power to declare and alter boundaries of provinces
Section61 - Saving as to laws
Section62 - Power to extend boundaries of presidency-towns
Part VI
Section63 - Indian legislature
Section63A - Council of State
Section63B - Legislative Assembly
Section63C - President of Legislative Assembly
Section63D - Duration and sessions of Legislative Assembly and Council of State
Section63E - Membership of both chambers
Section64 - Supplementary provisions as to composition of Legislative Assembly and Council of State
Section65 - Powers of Indian legislature
Section66 - Laws for the Royal Indian Marine Service
Section67 - Business and proceedings in Indian legislature
Section67A - Indian budget
Section67B - Provision for case of failure to pass legislation
Section68 - Assent of Governor-General to Bills
Section69 - Power of Crown to disallow Acts
Section70 - [Omitted]
Section71 - Power to make regulations
Section72 - Power to make ordinances in cases of emergency
Section72A - Governors' legislative councils
Section72B - Sessions and duration of governors' legislative councils
Section72C - Presidents of governors' legislative councils
Section72D - Business and procedure in governors' leg'slative councils
Section72E - Provision for case of failure to pass legislation in governor's legislative councils
Section73 - Legislative councils of lieutenant-governors and chief commissioners
Section74 - [Omitted]
Section75 - [Omitted]
Section76 - Constitution of legislative councils of lieutenant-governors and chief commissioners
Section77 - Power to constitute local legislatures in lieutenant-governors' and chief commissioners' provinces
Section78 - Meetings of legislative councils of lieutenant-governors and chief commissioners
Section79 - [Omitted]
Section80 - Business at meetings of councils of lieutenant-governors and chief commissioners
Section80A - Powers of local legislatures
Section80B - Vacation of seats in local legislative councils
Section80C - Financial proposals
Section81 - Assent to Bills
Section81A - Return and reservation of Bills
Section82 - Power of Crown to disallow Acts of local lagislatures
Section83 - [Omitted]
Section84 - Removal of doubts as to validity of certain Indian laws
Part VIA
Section84A - Statutory commission
Part VII
Section85 - Salaries and allowances of Governor-General and certain other officials in India
Section86 - Leave of absence to members of executive Councils
Section87 - Provisions as to absence from India
Section88 - [Omitted]
Section89 - Power for Governor-General to exercise powers before taking seat
Section90 - Temporary vacancy in office of Governor-General
Section91 - Temporary vacancy in office of governor
Section92 - Temporary vacancy in office of member of an executive council
Section93 - Vacancies in legislative councils
Section94 - Leave
Section95 - Power to make rules as to Indian military appointments
Section96 - No disabilities in respect of religion, colour or place of birth
Section96A - Qualification of rulers and subjects of certain states for office
Part VIIA
Section96B - The civil services in India
Section96C - Public service commission
Section96D - Financial control
Section96E - Rules under Part VII-A
Part VIII
Section97 - Rules for admission to the Indian Civil Service
Section98 - Offices reserved to the Indian Civil Service
Section99 - Power to appoint certain persons to reserved offices
Section100 - Power to make provisional appointments in certain cases
Part IX
Section101 - Constitution of high courts
Section102 - Tenure of office of judges of high courts
Section103 - Precedence of judges of high courts
Section104 - Salaries, etc., of judges of high courts
Section105 - Provision for vacancy in the office of chief justice pr other judge
Section106 - Jurisdiction of high courts
Section107 - Powers of high court with respect to subordinate courts
Section108 - Exercise of jurisdiction by single judges or division courts
Section109 - Power for Governor-General in Council to alter local limits of jurisdiction of high courts
Section110 - Exemption from jurisdiction of high court
Section111 - Written order by Governor-General justification for act in any court in India
Section112 - Law to be administered in case of inheritance and succession
Section113 - Power to establish additional high court
Section114 - Appointment and powers of advocate-general
Part X
Section115 - Jurisdiction of Indian bishops
Section116 - [Repealed]
Section117 - Consecration of person resident in India appointed to bishopric
Section118 - Salaries and allowances of bishops and archdeacons
Section119 - Payments to representatives of bishops
Section120 - Pensions to bishops
Section121 - Furlough rules
Section122 - Establishment of chaplains of Church of Scotland
Section123 - Saving as to grants to Christians
Part XI
Section124 - Certain acts to be misdemeanours: Oppression--Wilful disobedienceBreach of duty--Trading--Receiving presents
Section125 - Loans to princes or chiefs
Section126 - Carrying on dangerous correspondence
Section127 - Prosecution of offences in England
Section128 - Limitation for prosecutions in British India
Section129 - Penalties
Part XII
Section129A - Provision as to rules
Section130 - [Repealed]
Section131 - Savjng as to certain rights and powers
Section132 - Treaties, contracts and liabilities of East India Company
Section133 - Orders of East India Company
Section134 - Definitions
Section135 - Short title
ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE
ScheduleII - SECOND SCHEDULE
ScheduleIII - THIRD SCHEDULE
ScheduleIV - FOURTH SCHEDULE
ScheduleV - FIFTH SCHEDULE
Repealing Act1 - GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1935