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necessary as, in non-regulation provinces, no legislative
 authority had been delegated to local Governments
 ; though they had, in fact, framed rules and
regulations as these became imperatively necessary
from time to time, sometimes with and sometimes
without the sanction of the Governor-General ; while
the Governor-General had passed orders and issued
rules, in many instances amounting to legislation,
without the formal procedure provided for that purpose
 in the older statutes. This section set at rest
many doubtful questions and gave validity to all
rules made, prior to 1861, by the various local Governments,
 while, at the same time, it cleared the field for
future and more regular legislative action,

The Legislative Council of India.
[n addition to the Ordinary and Extraordinary
Members of the Council of the Governor-General, the
Governor-General was given authority, by Section 10
of the Indian Councils Act, to nominate not less than
siz (under the Indian Councils Act, 1892, ten) or more
than fwelve (under the Indian Councils Act, 1892,
sixteen) persons as Additional Members of Council
for the purpose of making laws and regulations. - Additional
 Members are not entitled to sit and vote at
any meetings of council except such as are held for
legislative purposes. Not less than /Za/f the number
of Additional Members are required to be non-official
persons, that is, persons who, at the date of their
nomination, are not government servants, Such