1947, 18 July: Indian Independence Act 1947, came into force
~ Indian
Independence Act ~
(Indian Reprint)
(10 & 11 GEO. 6CH.30)
Excerpts
Chapter 30
An
Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions,
to substitute others provisions for certain provisions of the Government of
India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other
matter consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions.
[18th July 1947]
Be
it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1.
The new Dominions
2.
Territories of the new Dominions
3.
Bengal and Assam
4.
The Punjab
5.
The Governor –General of the new Dominions
6.
Legislation for the new Dominions
7.
Consequences of the setting up of the new Dominions
8.
Temporary provision as to government of each of the
new Dominions
9.
Orders for bringing this Act into force
10. Secretary
of States’s services, etc.
11. Indian
armed forces
12. British
forces in India
13. Naval
Forces
14. Provisions
as to the Secretary of State and the Auditor of Indian Home Accounts
15. Legal
proceedings by and against the Secretary of State
16. Aden
17. Divorce
Jurisdiction
18. Provisions
as to existing laws, etc.
19. Interpretation,
etc.
20. Short title
SCHEDULES
First
Schedule – Bengal Districts provisionally included in the new
Province of East Bengal
Second
Schedule– Districts provisionally included in the new Province of
West Punjab
Third
Schedule– Modifications of Army Act and Air Force Act in relation to
British forces
Sources: C.
Rajagopalachari Papers Vth Inst., MSS, NMML1
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