BENGAL Ex Officio. Members of the Executive Council Additional. Nominated members, not more than 16 to be officials Nominated experts, who may be either officials or Elected members, elected by (a) The Corporation of Calcutta Nominated members, not more than 15 to be officials Nominated expert, who may be either an official or a non-official Nominated members, not more than 20 to be officials, and one to be a representative of Indian commerce Nominated experts, who may be officials or nonofficials Elected members, elected by (a) Large Municipalities in rotation (b) District Boards and Smaller Municipalities (d) The Landholders (e) Muhammadans (f) The Upper India Chamber of Commerce Total 49 or, including the Lieutenant-Governor. 50 PUNJAB Nominated members, not more than 10 to be officials Nominated experts, who may be either officials or non-officials Elected members, elected by (a) The Punjab Chamber of Commerce (b) The Punjab University (c) Municipal and Cantonment Committees Total or, including the Lieutenant-Governor BURMA Nominated officials Nominated non-officials (a) To represent the Burmese population (b) To represent the Indian and Chinese Com- (c) To represent other interests Nominated experts, who may be either officials or non-officials Elected by the Burma Chamber of Commerce Total or, including the Lieutenant-Governor. ASSAM Nominated members, not more than 9 to be officials. Nominated expert, who may be either official or nonofficial Elected members, elected by (a) Municipalities (b) Local Boards (c) The Landholders (d) Muhammadans. (e) The Tea-planting Community 2 2 2 3 II Nominated members, not more than 10 to be officials, and 3 to be non-officials resident in Berar. Nominated expert, who may be either official or nonofficial Elected members, elected by (a) Municipal Committees. (c) The Landholders APPENDIX II RULES OF BUSINESS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1909 The 15th November, 1909 No. 23. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 of the Indian Councils Act, 1909, the Governor-General in Council has, with the sanction of the Secretary of State for India in Council, made the following rules authorizing, at any meeting of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General, the discussion of the annual financial statement of the Governor-General in Council. RULES FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 1. In these rules (1) President' means Definitions (a) the Governor-General, or (b) the President nominated by the Governor-General in Council under section 6 of the Indian Councils Act, 1861, or (c) the Vice-President appointed by the Governor-General under section 4 of the Indian Councils Act, 1909, or (d) the Member appointed to preside under rule 27; (2) Member in charge' means the Member of the Council of the Governor-General to whom is allotted the business of the Department of the Government of India to which the subject under discussion belongs, and includes any Member to whom such Member in charge may delegate any function assigned to him under these rules; (3) Finance Member' means the Member in charge of the Finance Department of the Government of India; (4) Secretary' means the Secretary to the Government of India in the Legislative Department, and includes the DeputySecretary and every person for the time being exercising the functions of the Secretary; (5) Financial Statement' means the preliminary financial estimates of the Governor-General in Council for the financial year next following; and (6) Budget' means the Financial Statement as finally settled by the Governor-General in Council. 1 A. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT General order of discussion. 2.-(1) On such day as may be appointed in this behalf by the Governor-General, the Financial Statement with an explanatory memorandum shall be presented to the Council every year by the Finance Member, and a printed copy shall be given to every Member. (2) No discussion of the Financial Statement shall be permitted on such day. 3. (1) On such later day as may be appointed in this behalf by the Governor-General, the first stage of the discussion of the Financial Statement in Council shall commence. (2) On this day, after the Finance Member has stated any changes in the figures of the Financial Statement which circumstances may since have rendered necessary and has made any explanations of that Statement which he may think fit, any Member shall be at liberty to move any resolution entered in his name in the list of business relating to any alteration in taxation, any new loan or any additional grant to Local Governments proposed or mentioned in such Statement or explanatory memorandum, and the Council shall thereupon proceed to discuss each such resolution in the manner hereinafter prescribed. 4. (1) The second stage of the discussion of the Financial Statement shall commence as soon as may be after all the resolutions which may be moved as aforesaid have been disposed of. (2) In this stage each head or group of heads specified in the statement contained in the Schedule appended to these rules as being open to discussion, shall be considered separately according to such grouping as the Member in charge may determine. (3) The consideration of a particular head or group of heads shall be introduced by the Member in charge with such explanations, supplementing the information contained in the Financial Statement, as may appear to him to be necessary. (4) Any Member shall then be at liberty to move any resolution relating to any question covered by any such head or group of heads which may be entered in his name in the list of business, and the Council shall thereupon proceed to discuss every such resolution in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Subjects excluded from discussion. 5. No discussion shall be permitted in regard to any of the following subjects, namely: (a) any subject removed from the cognizance of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General by section 22 of the Indian Councils Act, 18611; or See Digest, s. 63. |