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{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom}}
{{One source|date=November 2018}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Government of India Act 1915{{efn|Section 135.}}
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act to consolidate enactments relating to the Government of India.
| year = 1915
| citation = [[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61
| territorial_extent = [[United Kingdom]]
| royal_assent = 29 July 1915
| commencement = 1 January 1916{{efn|Section 135.}}
| repeal_date = 1 April 1937
| amends = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}}
| replaces = See {{Section link||Repealed enactments}}
| amendments = {{ubli|[[Government of India (Amendment) Act 1916]]}}
| related_legislation =
| repealing_legislation = [[Government of India Act 1935]]
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/5-6/61/contents/enacted
| use_new_UK-LEG = no
}}

The '''Government of India Act 1915''' ([[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61) was an [[Act of Parliament (Commencement)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], which consolidated prior acts of Parliament concerning [[British India]] into a single act. It was passed in July 1915 and went into effect on 1 January 1916.<ref>{{citation | last = Ilbert | first = Courtenay Peregrine | authorlink = Courtenay Ilbert | ref = CPI22 | title = The Government of India | edition = Third revised and updated | publisher = Clarendon Press | date = 1922 | page = 122 }}</ref>

Section 130 of the act, and the fourth schedule to, the act repealed 47 enactments, starting with the [[East India Company Act 1770]] ([[10 Geo. 3]].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 [[Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn|Lord Loreburn]]. The committee removed several provisions which went beyond the simple consolidation of existing law.

{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Government of India (Amendment) Act 1916{{efn|Section 8(1).}}
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act to amend certain enactments relating to the government of India, and to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Orders in Council made for India.
| year = 1916
| citation = [[6 & 7 Geo. 5]]. c. 37
| territorial_extent = {{ubli|[[United Kingdom]]|[[British Raj]]}}
| royal_assent = 23 August 1916
| commencement = 1 September 1916{{efn|Section 8(2).}}
| repeal_date = 5 November 1993
| amends = {{ubli|[[Criminal Law (India) Act 1815]]|[[Government of India Act 1915]]}}
| replaces = {{ubli|[[East India Company Act 1772]]|[[East India Company Act 1784]]|[[East India Company Act 1786]]}}
| amendments = [[Government of India Act 1919]]
| repealing_legislation = [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993]]
| status = Repealed
| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/6-7/37/enacted
| collapsed = yes
}}

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 '''{{visible anchor|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."<ref>[[#CPI22|Ilbert (1922)]], p. 123.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1915|type=act|year=Geo5/5-6|chapter=61}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Citation
!Short title
!Extent of repeal
|-
|[[10 Geo. 3]]. c. 47
|[[East India Company Act 1770]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[13 Geo. 3]]. c. 63
|[[East India Company Act 1772]]
|The whole act, except sections forty-two, forty-three and forty-five.
|-
|[[21 Geo. 3]]. c. 70
|[[East India Company Act 1780]]
|The whole act, except section eighteen.
|-
|[[26 Geo. 3]]. c. 57
|[[East India Company Act 1786]]
|Section thirty-eight.
|-
|[[33 Geo. 3]]. c. 52
|[[East India Company Act 1793]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[37 Geo. 3]]. c. 142
|[[East India Act 1797]]
|The whole act, except section twelve.
|-
|[[39 & 40 Geo. 3]]. c. 79
|[[Government of India Act 1800]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[53 Geo. 3]]. c. 155
|[[East India Company Act 1813]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[55 Geo. 3]]. c. 84
|[[Indian Presidency Towns Act 1815]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[4 Geo. 4]]. c. 71
|[[Indian Bishops and Courts Act 1823]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[6 Geo. 4]]. c. 85
|[[Indian Salaries and Pensions Act 1825]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[7 Geo. 4]]. c. 56
|[[East India Officers' Act 1826]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[3 & 4 Will. 4]]. c. 85
|[[Government of India Act 1833]]
|The whole act, except section one hundred and twelve.
|-
|[[5 & 6 Will. 4]]. c. 52
|[[India (North-West Provinces) Act 1835]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.]] c. 47
|[[India Officers' Salaries Act 1837]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[5 & 6 Vict.]] c. 119
|[[Indian Bishops Act 1842]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[16 & 17 Vict.]] c. 95
|[[Government of India Act 1853]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[17 & 18 Vict.]] c. 77
|[[Government of India Act 1854]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[21 & 22 Vict.]] c. 106
|[[Government of India Act 1858]]
|The whole act, except section four.
|-
|[[22 & 23 Vict.]] c. 41
|[[Government of India Act 1859]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[23 & 24 Vict.]] c. 100
|[[European Forces (India) Act 1860]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[23 & 24 Vict.]] c. 102
|[[East India Stock Act 1860]]
|The whole act, except section six.
|-
|[[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 54
|[[Indian Civil Service Act 1861]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 67
|[[Indian Councils Act 1861]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104
|[[Indian High Courts Act 1861]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[28 & 29 Vict.]] c. 15
|[[Indian High Courts Act 1865]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[28 & 29 Vict.]] c. 17
|[[Government of India Act 1865]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[32 & 33 Vict.]] c. 97
|[[Government of India Act 1869]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[32 & 33 Vict.]] c. 98
|[[Indian Councils Act 1869]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 3
|[[Government of India Act 1870]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[33 & 34 Vict.]] c. 59
|[[East India Contracts Act 1870]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. 34
|[[Indian Councils Act 1871]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. 62
|[[Indian Bishops Act 1871]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[37 & 38 Vict.]] c. 3
|[[East India Loan Act 1874]]
|Section fifteen.
|-
|[[37 & 38 Vict.]] c. 77
|[[Colonial Clergy Act 1874]]
|Section thirteen.
|-
|[[37 & 38 Vict.]] c. 91
|[[Indian Councils Act 1874]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[43 Vict.]] c. 3
|[[Indian Salaries and Allowances Act 1880]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[44 & 45 Vict.]] c. 63
|[[India Office Auditor Act 1881]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[47 & 48 Vict.]] c. 38
|[[Indian Marine Service Act 1884]]
|Sections two, three, four and five.
|-
|[[55 & 56 Vict.]] c. 14
|[[Indian Councils Act 1892]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[3 Edw. 7]]. c. 11
|[[Contracts (India Office) Act 1903]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[4 Edw. 7]]. c. 26
|[[Indian Councils Act 1904]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[7 Edw. 7]]. c. 35
|[[Council of India Act 1907]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[9 Edw. 7]]. c. 4
|[[Indian Councils Act 1909]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[1 & 2 Geo. 5]]. c. 18
|[[Indian High Courts Act 1911]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[1 & 2 Geo. 5]]. c. 25
|[[Government of India Act Amendment Act 1911]]
|The whole act.
|-
|[[2 & 3 Geo. 5]]. c. 6
|[[Government of India Act 1912]]
|The whole act.
|}

== Subsequent developments ==
The whole act was repealed by section 321 of, and the tenth schedule to, the [[Government of India Act 1935]] ([[25 & 26 Geo. 5]]. c. 42), which came into force on 1 April 1937.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1935|type=act|year=Geo5/25-26|chapter=42}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1915]]
[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning India]]
[[Category:Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament]]
[[Category:Consolidation Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:July 1915 in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1915 in India]]
[[Category:July 1915 in Asia]]

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