Government of India Act 1935 (repealed 19.11.1998) (c. 2)

Government of India Act 1935

1935 CHAPTER 2 26 Geo 5 and 1 Edw 8

An Act to make further provision for the government of India.

[2nd August 1935]

Part I U.K. INTRODUCTORY

1 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Government of India Act 1935.

2—4 F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 2–310, 311(1)–(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

Parts II-XI U.K.

5—284. F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 2–310, 311(1)–(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

Part XII U.K. Miscellaneous and General

285—310. F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 2–310, 311(1)–(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

Interpretation U.K.

311 Interpretation, &c. U.K.

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(5) Any Act of Parliament containing references to India or any part thereof, to countries other than or situate outside India or other than or situate outside British India, to His Majesty’s dominions, to a British possession, to the Secretary of State in Council, to the Governor-General in Council, to a Governor in Council or to Legislatures, courts, or authorities in, or to matters relating to the government or administration of, India or British India shall have effect subject to such adaptations and modifications as His Majesty in Council may direct, being adaptations and modifications which appear to His Majesty in Council to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of this Act or the M1 Government of Burma Act 1935.

Any power of any legislature under this Act to repeal or amend any Act adapted or modified by an Order in Council under this subsection shall extend to the repeal or amendment of that Order, and any reference in this Act to an Act of Parliament shall be construed as including a reference to any such Order.

(6), (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 2–310, 311(1)–(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F5 S. 311(4) repealed by Burma Independence Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 3), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F6 Ss. 311(6)(7), 312–321, Schs.1–10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

Marginal Citations

M1 1935 c. 3 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8).

Parts XIII, XIV U.K.

312—321. F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 311(6)(7), 312–321, Schs.1–10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F8 F8 FIRST—TENTH SCHEDULES U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 311(6)(7), 312–321, Schs.1–10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII