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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 69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Years of Her Majesty as require any of the Directors to be Persons who have resided Ten Years in India shall be repealed, and in the Oath to be taken by a Director of the said Company, under Section Thirteen of the said Act, the Words "in the Administration of the Government of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.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1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 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 8

Title: First Members of the Council

State: Central

Year: 1858

.....elect Seven Persons to be with the Persons to be appointed by Her Majesty as hereinafter mentioned the First Members of the Council under this Act, and the Names of the Persons so elected by the Court of Directors shall be forthwith, after such Election, certified to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, under the Seal of the said Company, and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, within Thirty Days after the passing of this Act, to appoint to be Members of such Council Eight Persons : Provided always, that if the Court of Directors of the Hast India Company shall refuse or shall for such Fourteen Days neglect to make such Election of such Seven Persons, and to certify the Names of such Persons as aforesaid, it shall he lawful for Her Majesty, by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, within Thirty Days after the Expiration of such Fourteen days, to appoint from among the said Directors Seven Persons to make up the full Number of the said Council: Provided also, that if any Person being or having been such Director, and elected or appointed as aforesaid, shall refuse to accept the Office, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty,.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 10

Title: The Major Part of the Council, with Certain Exceptions, to Be Persons Who Shall Have Served or Resided Ten Years in India

State: Central

Year: 1858

The major Part of the Persons to be elected by the Court of Directors, and the major Part of the Persons to to be first appointed by Her Majesty after the passing of this Act to be Members of the Council, shall be Persons who shall have served or resided in India for Ten Years at the least, and (excepting in the Case of late and present Directors and Officers on the Home Establishment of the East India Company who shall have so served or resided) shall not have last left India more than Ten Years next preceding the Date of their Appointment ; and no Person other than a Person so qualified shall be appointed or elected to fill any Vacancy in the Council unless at the Time of the Appointment or Election Nine at the least of the continuing Members of the Council be Persons qualified as aforesaid.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 23

Title: Procedure at Meetings

State: Central

Year: 1858

At any Meeting of the Council at which the Secretary of State is present, if there be a Difference of Opinion on any Question other than the Question of the Election of a Member of Council, or other than any Question with regard to which a Majority of the Votes at a Meeting is herein-after declared to be necessary, the Determination of the Secretary of State shall be final; and in case of an Equality of Votes at any Meeting of the Council, the Secretary of State, if present, and in his Absence the Vice-President, or presiding Member, shall have a Casting Vote; and all Acts done at any Meeting of the Council in the Absence of the Secretary of State, except the Election of a Member of the Council, shall require the Sanction or Approval in Writing of the Secretary of State; and in case of Difference of Opinion and Question decided at any Meeting, the Secretary of State may require that his Opinion, and the Reasons for the same, be entered in the Minutes of the Proceedings, and any Member of the Council who nay have been present at the Meeting may require that his Opinion, and any Reasons for the same that he may have stated at the Meeting, be entered in like Manner.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 9

Title: Vacancies in the Council to Be Filled Up

State: Central

Year: 1858

Every vacancy happening from Time to time among the Members of the Council appointed by Her Majesty, not being Members so appointed by reason of the Refusal or Neglect of the Court of Directors or the Refusal to accept Office hereinbefore mentioned, shall be filled up by Her Majesty, by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, and every other Vacancy shall be filled up by the Council by Election made at a Meeting to be held for that Purpose.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 11

Title: Tenure of Office of Members of the Council

State: Central

Year: 1858

Every Member of the Council appointed or elected under this Act shall hold his Office during the good Behaviour; provided that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to remove any such Member from his Office upon an Address of both Houses of Parliament.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 12

Title: Members of Council Not to Sit in Parliament

State: Central

Year: 1858

No Member of the Council appointed or elected under this Act shall be capable of sitting or voting in Parliament,

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 -.....