An Act to make better Provision for the Constitution of the Council of the Governor General of India, and for the Local Government of the several Presidencies and Provinces of India, and for the temporary Government of India in the event of a Vacancy in the Office of Governor General.
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Provisions of former Acts of Parliament respecting the Constitution and Functions of the Council of the Governor General of India should be consolidated and in certain respects amended, and that Power should be given to the Governors in Council of the Presidencies of Fort Saint George and Bombay to make Laws and Regulations for the Government of the said Presidencies, and that Provision should be made for constituting the like Authority in other Parts of Her M...