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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 30

Title: Appointments Now Made in India to Continue to Be Made there

State: Central

Year: 1858

All Appointments to Offices, Commands, and Employments in India, and all Promotions, which by Law, or under any Regulations, Usage, or Custom, are now made by any Authority in India, shall continue to be made in India by the like Authority, and subject to the Qualifications, Conditions, and Restrictions now affecting such Appointments, respectively; but the Secretary of State in Council shall have the like Power to make Regulations for the Division and Distribution of Patronage and Power of Nomination among the several Authorities in India, and the like Power of restoring to their Stations, Offices, or Employments, Officers and Servants suspended or removed by any Authority in India as might have been exercised by the said Court of Directors, with the Approbatioon of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, if this Act had not been passed.

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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 29

Title: Appointment to Be Made by or with the Approbation of Her Majesty

State: Central

Year: 1858

The Appointments of Governor General of India, Fourth Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India, and Governors of Presidencies in India, now made by the Court of Directors with the Approbation of Her Majesty, and the Appointments of Advocate-General for the several Presidencies now made with the Approbation of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, shall be made by Her Majesty by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual; the Appointments of the Ordinary Members of the Council of the Governor- General of India, except the Fourth Ordinary Member and the Appointments of the Members of the Council of the several Presidencies, shall be made by the Secretary of State in Council; the Appointments of the Lieutenant Governors of Provinces or Territories shall be made by the Governor General of India subject to the Approbation of Her Majesty; and all such Appointments shall be subject to the Qualifications now by Law affecting such Office respectively.

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] Section 1

Title: Territories Under the Government of the East India Company to Be Vested in Her Majesty and Powers to Be Exercised in Her Name

State: Central

Year: 1858

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 Possession or under the Government of the said Company, and all Rights vested in or which if this Act had not been passed might have been exercised by the said Company in relation to any Territories, shall become vested in Her Majesty, and be exercised in Her, Name; and for the purposes of this Act India shall mean the Territories vested in Her Majesty as aforesaid, and all Territories which may become vested in Her Majesty by virtue of any such Rights as aforesaid.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 7

Title: Council of India Established

State: Central

Year: 1858

For the Purposes of this Act a Council shall be established to consist of Fifteen Members, and to be styled the Council of India; and henceforth the Council of India now bearing the Name shall be styled the Council of the Governor General of India.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 42

Title: Dividend on the Stock of the Company, and Existing and Future Debits, Liabilities and Expenses to Be Charged on Revenues of India

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....Treaties, Covenants, Contracts, Grants, or Liabilities then existing, and all Expenses, Debts, and Liabilities which after the Commencement of this Act shall be lawfully contracted and incurred on account of the Government of India, and all Payments under this Act, shall be charged and chargeable upon the Revenues of India alone, as the same would have been if this Act had not been passed and such Expenses, Debts, Liabilities and Payments as last aforesaid had been Expenses, Debts and Liabilities lawfully contracted and incurred by the said Company, and such Revenues shall not be applied to any other Purpose whatsoever; and all other Monies vested in or raising or accruing from Property or Rights vested in Her Majesty under this Act, or to be received or disposed of by the Council under this Act, shall be applied in aid of such Revenues : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall lessen or prejudicially affect any Security to which the said Company, or any Proprietor or Creditor thereof, now is or may be entitled upon the Fund called "The Security Fund of the India Company", and mentioned in the Act of the Third and Fourth Years of His late Majesty King William the.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 43

Title: Revenue Remitted to Great Britain, and Monies Arising in Great Britain to Be Paid to Secretary of State in Council

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....State in Council, to be applied for the Purposes of this Act; and all such Monies, except as herein-after otherwise provided, shall be paid into the Bank of England, to the Credit of an Account to be opened by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, to be instituted "The Account of the Secretary of State in Council of India"; and all Monies to be placed to the Credit of such Account under this Act shall be paid out upon Drafts or Orders signed by Three Members of the Council, and countersigned by the Secretary of State or One of his Under Secretaries, and such Account shall be a public Account: Provided always, that the Secretary of State in Council may cause to be kept, from Time to Time, under the Care of their Cashier, in an Account to be kept at the Bank of England, such Sum or Sums of Money as they may deem necessary for the Payments now made out of Money under the Care of the Cashier of the said Company.

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 51

Title: Present System of Issuing Warrants for Payments to Be Continued

State: Central

Year: 1858

The Regulations and Practice now acted on by the Court of Directors on the Issue of Warrants or Authorities for the Payment of Money shall be maintained and acted on by the Secretary of State in Council of India under this Act until the same be altered by the Authority of Her Majesty in Council: Provided, that where a Warrant or Authority for the Payment of Money passes through the Audit Department at the East India House before Payment, it shall be counter-signed by such Officer or Officers of that Audit Department as the Secretary of State in Council may direct before Payment shall be made; and that Warrants or Authorities which have heretofore been signed by Two Directors of the East India Company shall, after the Commencement of this Act, be signed by Three Members of the Council of India.