← Previous revisionRevision as of 20:07, 19 October 2026 Line 19: Line 19: | status = Repealed | status = Repealed | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/67/contents/enacted | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/67/contents/enacted | use_new_UK-LEG = no }} }} Line 34: Line 35: The act was passed alongside the [[Indian Civil Service Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 54) and the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfYaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106 |title=The Government of India: Being a Digest of the Statute Law Relating Thereto |date=1898 |publisher=Clarendon Press |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ilbert |first=Courtenay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfYaAAAAYAAJ|title=The Government of India: Being a Digest of the Statute Law Relating Thereto|date=1898|publisher=Clarendon Press|language=en |location=Oxford|pages=102–107}} The act was passed alongside the [[Indian Civil Service Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 54) and the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfYaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106 |title=The Government of India: Being a Digest of the Statute Law Relating Thereto |date=1898 |publisher=Clarendon Press |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ilbert |first=Courtenay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfYaAAAAYAAJ|title=The Government of India: Being a Digest of the Statute Law Relating Thereto|date=1898|publisher=Clarendon Press|language=en |location=Oxford|pages=102–107}} ⚫ == Subsequent developments == ⚫ The act was substantially amended by the [[Indian Councils Act 1892]] ([[55 & 56 Vict.]] c. 14).{{Cite legislation UK|act=Indian Councils Act 1892|type=act|year=Vict/55-56|chapter=14}} ⚫ The whole act was repealed by section 130 of, and the fourth schedule to, the [[Government of India Act 1915]] ([[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1916.{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1915|type=act|year=Geo5/5-6|chapter=61}} == Significance == == Significance == Line 62: Line 58: * The emergency ordinance power granted to the Viceroy could be — and was — used to bypass the Legislative Council on important matters, undermining the very principle of legislative oversight the act sought to introduce. * The emergency ordinance power granted to the Viceroy could be — and was — used to bypass the Legislative Council on important matters, undermining the very principle of legislative oversight the act sought to introduce. * The act made '''no provision for elections''', no matter how indirect, leaving all appointments in the hands of British officials and making genuine Indian participation in governance a distant prospect. * The act made '''no provision for elections''', no matter how indirect, leaving all appointments in the hands of British officials and making genuine Indian participation in governance a distant prospect. ⚫ == Subsequent developments == ⚫ The act was substantially amended by the [[Indian Councils Act 1892]] ([[55 & 56 Vict.]] c. 14).{{Cite legislation UK|act=Indian Councils Act 1892|type=act|year=Vict/55-56|chapter=14}} ⚫ The whole act was repealed by section 130 of, and the fourth schedule to, the [[Government of India Act 1915]] ([[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1916.{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1915|type=act|year=Geo5/5-6|chapter=61}} == See also == == See also == Line 79: Line 80: == External links == == External links == * {{UK-LEG|asmade=yes}} * {{UK-LEG|asmade=yes|path=ukpga/Vict/24-25/67/contents/enacted}} {{UK legislation}} {{UK legislation}}