East India Company’s Officers Superannuation Act 1897
WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the power of the Secretary of State in Council of India to grant superannuation or retiring or compensation allowances to secretaries, officers, or servants on the establishment of the Secretary of State in Council of India, and formerly on the home establishment of the late East India Company, or on the establishment of the late Commissioners for the affairs of India, in the cases and to the extent herein-after mentioned: