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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 65

Title: Secretary of State in Council May Sue and Be Sued

State: Central

Year: 1858

The Secretary of State in Council shall and may sue and be sued as well in India as in England by the Name of the Secretary of State in Council as a Body corporate; and all Persons and Bodies Politic shall and may have and take the same suits, Remedies, and Proceedings, legal and equitable, against the Secretary of State in Council of India as they could have clone against the said Company; and the Property and effects hereby vested in Her Majesty for the purposes, of the Government of India acquired for the said purposes shall be subject and liable to the same judgments and Executions as they would while vested in the said Company have been liable to in respect of Debts and inabilities lawfully contracted and incurred by the said Company.

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1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Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed]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 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.....