THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF BENGAL;

キ

BEING

A reprint of the Indian Councils Acts and other Acts relating
to the Council, and the Proclamations, Regulations and
Rules issued for the Council,

WITH

NOTES, APPENDICES AND AN INDEX.

Br

F. G. WIGLEY,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,

ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL, LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

PREFATORY NOTE.

THIS work comprises the Acts, Proclamations, Regulations and Rules relating to the constitution and functions of the Bengal Legislative Council, with some explanatory notes and appendices. The references to Ilbert in the notes are to Sir Courtenay Ilbert's recent work, The Government of India, published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1898.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT,

GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL;

The 8th April, 1900.

F. G. WIGLEY.

CONTENTS.

Page.

The Indian Councils Act. 1861 (24 & 25 Vict., c. 67)

The Indian Councils Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict., c. 34)

The Indian Councils Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict., c. 14)

The Government of India Act. 1870 (33 Vict., c. 3)

Bengal Act III of 1866 (Examination of Witnesses before the Bengal

Legislative Council or any Select Committee thereof)

1

27

31

39

45

51

61

63

The Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899 [Bengal Act I of 1899]

Proclamation establishing the Bengal Legislative Council

Proclamation fixing the number of Members of the Bengal Legislative

Council

Regulations as to nomination of Members of the Bengal Legislative

Council

Rules as to nomination of representatives to seats in the Bengal

Legislative Council on the recommendation of public bodies and

associations

Regulations for the nomination of additional Members of the Governor

General's Council

Rules for the conduct of the Legislative Business of the Bengal

Legislative Council

Rules for the discussion of the annual Financial Statement and the

asking of Questions in the Bengal Legislative Council

APPENDIX I.-Warrant of Precedence.

APPENDIX II.-Forms

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