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Council, Lieutenant-Governor, or Chief Commissioner,
then existing or thereafter created, to propose to the
Governor-General in Council (that is, to the Executive
 Government) drafts of any regulations, together
with the reasons for proposing the same, for the peace
and good government of any territories under his
government: after consideration and approval of such
drafts by the Governor-General in Council, and publication
 in the Gazette of India and local Gazette, they
become law subject to the same rules as apply to the
Acts passed at meetings of council held for the purpose
 of making laws and regulations. These powers
cannot, however, be exercised by local Governments
until the Secretary of State has, by a resolution in
council, declared them to be applicable ; the power so
conferred may be withdrawn in the same manner.
An arrangement somewhat similar had been provided
by 3 and 4, Will. IV., in 1833, when the Governors of
Madras and Bombay had no legislative powers ; but it
seems to have been rather out of place in 1870, when
provision had existed for nine years, by which all
minor Governments could have legislative powers, of
a more regular kind, conferred upon them. It is
altogether inapplicable in character to Madras, Bombay,
 and Bengal, and has never, it is believed, been
tried in the North-Western Provinces, Central Provinces,
 or Punjab,
In cases of emergency the Governor-General
alone possesses very exceptional legislative authority,
Section 23 of the Indian Councils Act provides that