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2. Notwithstanding any provision in the Indian
Councils Act, 1861, the Governor
General of India in Council may
from time to time make rules
authorising at any meeting of the
Governor-General’s Council for the
purpose of making laws and regulations the discussion
 of the annual financial statement of the Governor-General
 in Council and the asking of questions,
but under such conditions and restrictions, as to
subject or otherwise, as shall be in the said rules
prescribed or declared: And notwithstanding any
provisions in the Indian Councils Act, 1861, the
Governors in Council of Fort St. George and Bombay
respectively, and the Lieutenant-Governor of any
province to which the provisions of the Indian
Councils Act, 1861, touching the making of laws and
regulations, have been or are hereafter extended or
made applicable, may from time to time make rules
for authorising at any meeting of their respective
Councils for the purpose of making laws and regulations
 the discussion of the annual financial statement
of their respective local Governments, and the asking
of questions, but under such conditions and restrictions,
 as to subject or otherwise, as shall in the said
rules applicable to such Councils respectively be pres.
cribed or declared. But no Member at any such
meeting of any Council shall have power to submit or
propose any resolution, or to divide the Council in
respect of any such financial discussion, or the answer
to any question asked under the authority of this
Act, or the rules made under this Act: Provided that
any rule made under this Act by a Governor in Council,
 or by a Lieutenant-Governor, shall be submitted
for and shall be subject to the sanction of the Gover
nor-General in Council, and any rule made under this
Act by the Governor-General in Council shall be
submitted for, and shall be subject to, the sanction of