Government of India Act 1833

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Charter Act of 1833
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Saint Helena Act 1833
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85
Dates
Royal assent28 August 1833
Other legislation
Repealed byGovernment of India Act 1915 (all except section 112)
Status: Partially repealed
Revised text of statute as amended

The Government of India Act 1833 (

Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, later retitled as the Saint Helena Act 1833. It extended the royal charter granted to the East India Company
for an additional twenty years, and restructured the governance of British India.

Provisions

The Act contained the following provisions:

With the exception of section 112, vesting Saint Helena in the monarchy, the act was repealed by the Government of India Act 1915.[3][4]

Name

When

short titles were authorised for British legislation by the Short Titles Act 1896, the Act was titled as the Government of India Act 1833.[5] However, following the repeal of most of its provisions other than those dealing with Saint Helena, it was given a new short title by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, as the Saint Helena Act 1833.[6] As the main provision of the Act was to extend the Company's charter, it is sometimes referred to as the Charter Act 1833, although this is not an official short title.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ team, EduGeneral (2016-03-09). "Important Acts in India Before Independence". EduGeneral. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. UK Statute Law Database
    . 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. UK Statute Law Database
    . 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. UK Statute Law Database
    . 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  6. short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978
    .
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  8. ^ (1926) 1 Madras Law Journal 5. Bijay Kisor Acharyya, Codification in British India, 1914, p 415.

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