Government of India Act 1915

Section 130 of the act, and the fourth schedule to, the act repealed 47 enactments, starting with the East India Company Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 47), and replaced them with a single act containing 135 sections and five schedules. It was introduced first to the House of Lords, where it was referred to a joint committee of Parliament chaired by Lord Loreburn. The committee removed several provisions which went beyond the simple consolidation of existing law.

A supplemental act, mostly technical in nature and including several of the provisions struck out of the consolidation act, was introduced and passed in 1916, becoming the Government of India (Amendment) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 37).

The 1915 act and its supplemental act the following year "made the English statute law relating to India easier to understand, and therefore easier to amend." The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 101) made substantial changes to the law.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 130 of the act repealed 47 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.