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Governor. In Dominions and Colonies usually the name of the representative of the King and the head of the local executive with powers limited by his commission, Cameron v. Kyte, (1835) 3 Knapp 332. In the Dominions of Canada, the Irish Free State and Union of South Africa, called the 'Governor-General'; in New Zealand and Newfoundland, the 'Governor.' In India the head of the Executive of the Indian Federation, who may also be His Majesty's representative [Government of India Act, 1936 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 42)]. In Northern Ireland, the 'Governor.' Interpretation Act, 1889, ss. 18 and 42, provides that in all Acts passed after that year the word 'Governor' when used with reference to Canada shall mean the Governor-General or the person having his powers for the time being, and with reference to any other British possession shall include the officer for the time being administering the government thereof.Governor, includes an officer for the time being in charge of the prison, subject t...
Satisfaction of Governor
Satisfaction of Governor, wherever Constitution requires the satisfaction of Governor for exercise of any power or function, the satisfaction required by Constitution is not the personal satisfaction of Governor but the satisfaction in the Constitutional sense under the cabinet system of Government, implying that Governor exercises all his powers and functions by or under the Constitution on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, PU Myllai Hlychho v. State of Mizoram, (2005) 2 SCC 12....
Governor general
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him as the governor general of Canada of India...
By order of the Governor of Bombay
By order of the Governor of Bombay, if an order is issued in the name of the Governor and is duty authenticated in the manner prescribed in R. (2) of the said Article, there is an irrebuttable presumption that the order or instrument is made or executed by the Governor, E.G. Barsay v. State of Bombay, AIR 1961 SC 1762 (1776): (1962) 2 SCR 195. (Constitution of India, Art. 166)...
governor
governor : one that governs: as a : one that exercises authority esp. over an area or group b : an official elected or appointed to act as ruler, chief executive, or nominal head of a political unit ;specif : the chief executive of a U.S. state c : the managing director and usually the principal officer of an institution or organization d : a member of a group that controls or directs an institution [the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors] gov·er·nor·ship n ...
Governor
One who governs especially one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State a chief ruler or magistrate as the governor of Pennsylvania...
Relay governor
A speed regulator as a water wheel governor embodying the relay principle...
India
India, the territory of India comprises the territories of the States and that of Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c).means Bharat, a Union of States, Constitution of India, Art. 1.India, in 1876, by the (English) Royal Titles Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 6), Queen Victoria was empowered to add to the style of the Crown, with a view of recognizing the transfer of the Government of India to the Queen by the Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), and the addition of 'Empress of India' was made by Proclamation in April, 1876, with which addition as 'Emperor of India' it has passed to his present Majesty.In any Act of Parliament passed after 1889 the expression 'British India' means 'all territories and places within her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any govern...
Legislature
Legislature, is the body of persons in a State authorised to make, alter and repeal laws. It may consist of one or two Houses with similar or different powers, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 429.Union legislature is known as Parliament which consists of the two houses and President, Constitution of India, Art. 79.State legislature consists of one or two Houses and Governor, Constitution of India, Art. 168.Legislature, the power that makes laws. See PARLIAMENT.The word 'legislature' in the first part of Art. 252(1) of Constitution, in the context in which it appears, cannot mean the three component parts of the State legislature contemplated by Art. 168, but only the House or Houses of Legislature, as the case may be, i.e., excluding the Governor. There is a clear distinction between 'an Act of legislature','a legislature act' and a 'a resolution of the House', Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415: (1979...
British India
British India, 'British India' shall mean, as respects the period before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, all territories and places within His Majesty's dominions which were for the time being governed by His Majesty through the Governor General of India or through any Governor or Officer subordinate to the Governor General of India, and as respects any period after that date and before the date of the establishment of the Dominion of India means all territories for the time being comprised within the Governors' Provinces and the Chief Commissioners' Provinces, except that a reference to British India in an Indian law passed or made before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, shall not include a reference to Berar. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (5)]...
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