The Bengal Legislative Council Manual 1921; Containing Reprints of the Acts Relating to the Bengal Legislative Council and Rules Regulations and Instructions issued in Respect of that Council and Notes and an Index

(4) Every nwinlier of the Council shall hold office except as by this section provided for a term of [aye] years: [ Provided that the tenure of otlice of any person who is a member of the Council at the time of the passing of the Clovernment of India et 1919 shall he the same as though that'Act had not been passed.] (5) The Seclvlar.> of Stale may for special reasons of inwhe adv;Intoge re-a [...] of the Council in the absence of the Secretary of State shall require the approval in writing of the Secretary of Mate. [...] The Secretary of State may constitute committees of the Council of India for the more convenient transaction of business and direct what departments of IHISIM'SS are to be under those committees respectively and generally direct the manner in which I[the business of the Secretary of State in Council or the Council of India shall he tranacted and any order made or act done in accordance with [...] (1) The revenues of India shall he received for and in the name of His Majesty and shall subject to the provisions of this Act he applied for the purposes of the government of India alone. [...] 1[Subject to the provisions of this Acand rules made thereunder] the expenditure of the revenues of India both in British India and elsewhere shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council and no grant or appropriation of any part of those revenues or of any other property coining into the possession of the 91&„ Secretary of State in Council by virtue of the Governmen