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Government of India Act, 1935.
[CH. 2.]
PART XII.
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309.-(1) Any power conferred by this Act on A.D. 1935. His Majesty in Council shall be exercisable only by Order in Council, and subject as hereinafter provided, the Sec- retary of State shall lay before Parliament the draft of any Order which it is proposed to recommend His Council. Majesty to make in Council under any provision of this Act, and no further proceedings shall be taken in relation thereto except in pursuance of an address presented to His Majesty by both Houses of Parliament praying that the Order may be made either in the form of the draft, or with such amendments as may have been agreed to by resolutions of both Houses:
Provided that, if at any time when Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or when both Houses of Parliament are adjourned for more than fourteen days, the Secretary of State is of opinion that on account of urgency an Order in Council should be made under this Act forthwith, it shall not be necessary for a draft of the Order to be laid before Parliament, but the Order shall cease to have effect at the expiration of twenty-eight days from the date on which the Commons House first sits after the making of the Order unless within that period resolutions approving the making of the Order are passed by both Houses of Parliament.
(2) Subject to any express provision of this Act, His Majesty in Council may by a subsequent Order, made in accordance with the provisions of the preceding subsection, revoke or vary any Order previously made by him in Council under this Act.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to any Order of His Majesty in Council made in connection with any appeal to His Majesty in Council, or to any Order of His Majesty in Council sanctioning the taking of proceedings against a person who has been the Governor-General, His Majesty's Representative for the exercise of the functions of the Crown in its relations with Indian States, the Governor of a Province or the Secretary of State.
310.-(1) Whereas difficulties may arise in relation Power of to the transition from the provisions of the Government of His Majesty India Act to the provisions of this Act, and in relation to in Council the transition from the provisions of Part XIII of this difficulties. Act to the provisions of Part II of this Act:
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