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Indian Statutory Commission. Memoranda Submitted by the Government of India and the India Office to the India Office to the Indian Statutory Commission

1930

The eard1. The cardinal facts of the Reforms of 1919 were first the nal facts of recognition of all legislative bodies as distinct from the executive the Reforms ; and second the devolution of authority to provincial Governments. [...] A reader of that Act who found therein the twin pillars of the 41 constitution —the succession of the Secretary of State to all the powers of the Board of Directors and the Court of Proprietors and the vesting of all Indian revenues in the Crown—maintained intact might come to the conclusion that the constitution remains as severely central as before the more so if he failed to notice that th [...] The objects which the Act set before itself in providing for the classification of central and provincial subjects were the purpose of distinguishing the functions of local Governments and local legislatures from the funtions of the Governor General in Council and the Indian Legislture." The implied aim in providing for " the allocation of revenues or other moneys " to local Government was [...] The solution adopted is to limit the interference of the Government of India and the Secretary of State in the administration of transferred subjects to specific occasions only and to definite purposes but in the case of reserved subjects to leave the powers of interference from outside unlimited by any restriction of the occasions on which or the purposes for which they Rules under may be emplo [...] The ruling principles are that it is the function of Section 72-D the executive alone on the recommendation of the Governor to of the Act.
government politics public policy
Pages
786
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.100213
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-2 unknown view
Short Sketch of the Existing Reformed Constitution
3-30 unknown view
Short Sketch of the Operation of the Constitution in the Central Government
31-94 unknown view
Communal Disorders
95-120 unknown view
Communal Representation in the Legislatures and Local Bodies
121-184 unknown view
The Present Representation of Commerce Industry Labour Education and Other Interests in the Provincial and Central Legislatures
185-212 unknown view
The Action taken upon the Recommend Actions Made in the Reforms Enquiry Commitee’s Report
213-290 unknown view
Some Instances in Which the Question Of The Powers of the Government of India of Administration of or Control Over Particular Subject has Arisen
291-302 unknown view
Agency
303-320 unknown view
Proposed Legislation to Debar the Courts from Premature Interference with the Legislatures
321-344 unknown view
The System of Administration in the North-West Frontier Province
345-354 unknown view
The Province of Delhi
355-360 unknown view
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
361-402 unknown view
The Existing Constitution of the Province of Coorg and its Operation
403-498 unknown view
Introductory Note on Claims Which Have Been Made to Redistributions of Provincial Territories on a Racial or Linguistic Basis
499-506 unknown view
The Formation of a Separate Andhra Province
507-516 unknown view
The Formation of a Separate Tamil Province
517-520 unknown view
The Formation of a Separate Kannada Province
521-524 unknown view
The Amalgamation of the Oriya Speaking Peoples
525-642 unknown view
The Transfer of Sylhet from Assam to Bengal
643-782 unknown view