Act of the Imperial Legislative Council

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The Act of the Imperial Legislative Council was a type of formal statute enacted by the British colonial legislature in India, giving legal force to policies across the British Indian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislation
law of British India
type of statute
appliesToJurisdiction British India
British India
surface form: British Indian Empire
basedOn United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin British India
enactedBy Imperial Legislative Council of India
surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
enforcedBy colonial courts in British India
executive authorities in British India
followsLegalTradition common law
hasAuthorityFrom British Crown
Government of India Act 1935
surface form: Government of India Act framework
hasLanguage English
vernacular languages of British India
hasLegalEffect binding law throughout British India
can repeal or amend earlier colonial laws
creates rights and obligations
hasLegalForm statute
hasPart preamble
schedules
sections
influenced post-independence Indian statutory law
influencedBy British imperial policy
administrative needs of the British Raj
legalSystem British Indian legal system
precedes Acts of the Central Legislative Assembly of India
promulgatedBy Viceroy of India
surface form: Governor-General of India

Viceroy of India
regulates administration of British India
civil law in British India
commercial activities in British India
criminal law in British India
education policy in British India
infrastructure and public works in British India
judicial organization in British India
police powers in British India
public administration in British India
public order in British India
revenue and taxation in British India
subjectOf colonial legal history of India
timePeriod British India
surface form: British colonial period in India
usedFor codifying regulations in British India
granting powers to colonial officials
implementing colonial policies in India
imposing obligations on residents of British India

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Rowlatt Act legalForm Act of the Imperial Legislative Council
Acts of the Central Legislative Assembly of India follows Act of the Imperial Legislative Council
this entity surface form: Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council of India