GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1919
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1916[1] (which Act, as so amended, is in this Act referred to as 'the principal Act'):
(a) for the classification of subjects, in relation to the functions of government, as central and provincial subjects, for the purpose of distinguishing the functions of local governments and local legislatures from the functions of the Governor-General in Council and the Indian legislature;
(b) for the devolution of authority in respect of provincial subjects to local governments, and for the allocation of revenues or other moneys to those governments;
(c) for the use under the authority of the Governor-General in Council of the agency of local governments in relation to central subjects, in so far as such agency may be found convenient, and for determining the financial conditions of such agency; and
(d) for the transfer from among the provincial subjects of subjects (in this Act referred to as 'transferred subjects') to the administration of the governor acting with ministers appointed under this Act, and for the allocation of revenues or moneys for the purpose of such administration.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, rules made for the above-mentioned purposes may—
(i) regulate the extent and conditions of such devolution, allocation, and transfer;
(ii) provide for fixing the contributions payable by local governments to the Governor-General in Council, and making such con-
- ↑ 6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 37
