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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 4

Title: Four Principal and Four Under Secretaries of State May Sit as Members in the House of Commons

State: Central

Year: 1858

After the Commencement of this Act any Four of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the time being, and any Four of the Under Secretaries for the time being to Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, may sit and vote as Members of the House of Commons, but not more than. Four such Principal Secretaries and not more than Four such Under Secretaries shall sit as Members of the House of Commons at the same Time.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 5

Title: If President of Board of Control is Appointed Secretary of State, His Seat in the House of Commons Not to Be Vacated

State: Central

Year: 1858

In case the Person who immediately before the Commencement of this Act is the President of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India be appointed, upon or within One Month after the Commencement of this Act, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and be at the Time of such Appointment a Member of the House of Commons, he shall not by reason of such Appointment vacate his Seat in Parliament.

Government of India Act, 1858 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....were continued under such Government, in trust for Her Majesty, until Parliament should otherwise 'provide, subject to the Provisions of that Act and of other Acts of Parliament, and the Property and Rights in the said Act referred to are held by the said Company in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of the said Government: And whereas it is expedient that the said Territories should be governed by and in the Name of Her Majesty: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows; that is to 'say, Transfer of the Government of India to Her Majesty. SECTION 01: TERRITORIES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY TO BE VESTED IN HER MAJESTY AND POWERS TO BE EXERCISED IN HER NAME -The Government of the Territories now in the Possession or under the Government of the East India Company, and all Powers in relation to Government vested in or exercised by the said Company in trust for Her Majesty, shall cease to be vested in or exercised by the said Company; and all territories in the.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1915-1919

State: Central

Year: 1858

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1915-191 Preamble2 An Act to consolidate enactments relating to the government of India. whereas it is the declared policy of Parliament to provide for the increasing association of Indians in every branch of Indian administration, and for the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in British India as an integral part of the empire: AND WHEREAS progress in giving effect to this policy can only be achieved by successive stages, and it is expedient that substantial steps in this direction should now be taken: AND WHEREAS the time and manner of each advance can be determined only by Parliament, upon whom responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples: AND WHEREAS the action of Parliament in such matters must be guided by the co-operation received from those on whom new opportunities of service will be conferred, and by the extent to which it is found that confidence con be reposed in their sense of responsibility: AND WHEREAS concurrently with the gradual development of self-governing institutions in the provinces of India it is.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....to Officers Section19 - Duties of the Council Section20 - Secretary of State to divide the Council into Committees and to regulate the Transaction of Business Section21 - President and Vice-President Section22 - Meetings of the Council Section23 - Procedure at Meetings Section24 - Orders, etc., to be open to the Perusal of Members of Council, who may record their Opinions Section25 - Secretary of State acting against Opinions of the Majority to record his Reasons Section26 - Provision for Cases of Urgency Section27 - Orders now sent through Secret Committee may be sent by Secretary of State with out Communication with the Council Section28 - As to Communication of Secret Despatches from India Section29 - Appointment to be made by or with the Approbation of Her Majesty Section30 - Appointments now made in India to continue to be made there Section31 - Certain Sections of 16 and 17 Vict. c. 95 as to Appointment, etc. to the Civil Services repealed Section32 - Secretary of State in Council to make Regulations for the Admission of Candidates to the Civil Service of India Section33 - Other Appointments and Admissions to Service vested in her Majesty Section34 -.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Preamble 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1858

State: Central

Year: 1858

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1858 [16 & 17 Vict. C. 95] [2nd August, 1858] PREAMBLE An Act for the better Government of India Whereas by an Act of the Session holden in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Ninety-five, "to provide for the Government of India", the Territories in the Possession and under the Government of the East India Company were continued under such Government, in trust for Her Majesty, until Parliament should otherwise provide, subject to the Provisions of that Act and of other Acts of Parliament, and the Property and Rights in the said Act referred to are held by the said Company in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of the said Government : And whereas it is expedient that the said Territories should be governed by and in the Name of Her Majesty: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows ; that is to say,

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 50

Title: Provisions in Force Relating to Forgery to Extend to Bonds, Etc. Issued by Secretary of State in Council

State: Central

Year: 1858

All Provisions now in force in anywise relating to the Offence of forging or altering, or offering, uttering, disposing of, or putting off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any East India Bond, with Intent to defraud, shall extend and be applicable to and in respect of any Bond, Debenture, or Security issued by the Secretary of State in Council of India under the Authority of this Act.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 63

Title: A Person Succeeding to the Office of Governor General May Exercise His Powers Before He Takes His Seat in Council

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....that all Acts done in the said Council after the Date of such Proclamation, but before the Communication thereof to such Council, shall be valid, subject nevertheless to Revocation or Alteration by the Person who shall have so assumed the said Office of Governor General; and when the Office of Governor General is assumed under the foregoing Provision, if there be at any Time before the Governor General takes his Seat in Council no Vice-president of the Council authorized to preside at Meetings for making Laws and Regulations (as provided by Section Twenty-two of the Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty), the senior ordinary Member of Council then present shall preside therein, with the same Powers as if a Vice-President had been appointed and were absent.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 69

Title: The Directors Elected by General Court of Company, Alone to Be Directors of the Company

State: Central

Year: 1858

After the Commencement of this Act such of the Directors as have been elected by the General Court of the said Company, or who shall from Time to Time be so elected, shall be the Directors of the said Company, and the major Part of such Directors for the Time being shall form a Court of Directors; and where the Presence, Signature, Consent, or Concurrence of Ten Directors is now requisite, the Presence, Signature, Consent, or Concurrence of the major part of the Directors for the Time being shall be sufficient; and to the Intent that the Number of Directors may be reduced to Six. Two Directors only shall be elected by the General Court of the said Company at each biennial Election to fill the Vacancies occasioned by the Expiration of the Term of Office of Directors; and so much of the said Act of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of Her Majesty as require any of the Directors to be Persons who have resided Ten Years in India shall be repealed, and in the Oath to be taken by a Director of the said Company, under Section Thirteen of the said Act, the Words "in the Administration of the Government of India in trust for the Crown" shall be omitted.

Bengal Alluvial Land Settlement Act, 1858 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1858

.....1, section 4, Regulation XI, 1825. It shall be the duty of all officers making settlements of such land, whether the land be settled separately or incorporated with the original estate, to ascertain and record all such rights according to the rules prescribed in Regulation VII, 1822; and to determine whether any and what additional rent shall be payable in respect of the alluvial land by the person or persons entitled to any under-tenure in the original estate. The provisions of the said Regulation, so far as the same may be applicable, are hereby declared to extend to all settlements made under this Act. Section 3 . [Separate settlements heretofore made; saving of right.] Rep. by Act 1 of 1903. West Bengal State Acts