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he may, in such cases, for the peace and good government
 of any part of the country, and subject to the
general legislative powers possessed by the Government
 of India, issue ordinances. Such ordinances
have the force of law for a period not exceeding six
months, They may, however, be earlier disallowed
by the Crown acting through the Secretary of State
in Council, or controlled or superseded by some law
or regulation made by the Governor-General in
Council at a meeting for the purpose of making laws
and regulations, held in the ordinary way.
One other special feature of the Indian Councils
Act, which must be referred to before considering the
ordinary mode of legislation, is the general validation
of certain laws made for non-regulation provinces, prior
to 1861, the legal force of which was doubtful. Section
 25 provides that no rule, law or regulation which,
prior to the passing of that Act, shall have been made
by the Governor-General, or Governor-General in
Council, Governor in Council, or Lieutenant-Governor,
for or in respect of territories known from time to
time as non-regulation provinces, shall be deemed
invalid only by reason of the same not having
been made in conformity with the provisions of the
Statutes 3 and 4, Will. IV, Cap. 85, and 16 and 17
Vic, Cap. 95, or of any other Act of Parliament
respecting the constitution and powers of the Council
of India, or of the Governor-General, or respecting
 the powers of such Governors, Governors in
Council, or Lieutenant-Governors. This provision was