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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947

SECRETARIAT OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL (REFORMS) NOTIFICATIONS New Delhi, the 11th August 1947

No. G.G.O. 2.—The following Order made by the Governor-General is published for general information:—

7. At any meeting of the Joint Defence Council,— (a) a Defence Minister may be accompanied by another

Minister ;

(b) a Defence Minister or the Supreme Commander may call' in to assist him at the meeting in an advisory capacity one or more experts.

8. The Joint Defence Council shall be in exclusive con- THE JOINT DEFENCE COUNCIL ORDER, 1947. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, and in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 11 thereof, the Governor-General is pleased to make the following Order:—

trol of—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Joint Defence

Council Older, 1947.

(a) the division of the Indian forces between the Dominions and their reconstitution as two separate Domi- nion forces;

(2) It shall come into force at once. (3) It shall cease to have effect on the first day of April,

1948:

(b) the allocation, transfer and movement of officers and men belonging to the Indian forces for the purposes of such reconstitution;

Provided that the Governor-General of India and the Governor-General of Pakistan, acting jointly, may direct that this Order shall remain in force for such further period as may be specified in the direction.

(c) the allocation, transfer and movement for the pur- poses of such reconstitution of plant, machinery, equip- ment and stores held by the Governor-General in Council immediately before the 16th day of August, 1947, for the purposes of the Indian forces;

2 (1) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpreta- tion of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In this Order,— "Indian forces" has the same meaning as in the Indian

(d) such naval, military and air force establishments as the Joint Defence Council may specify, for such tempo- rary period as that Council may consider necessary or expedient;

Independence Act, 1947;

"Dominion forces" means the armed forces of the

Dominion of India or of Pakistan.

(e) the general administration of naval, military and air force law. and the maintenance of discipline, in the armed forces of each of the two Dominions;

(f) the general arrangements for the payment, food, clothing, medical attendance and equipment of the armed forces of each of the two Dominions;

3. (1) As from the 15th day of August, 1947, there shall be set up a Council to be known as the Joint Defence Council for India and Pakistan.

(g) any armed force which may be operating, or may , (2) The said Council, hereinafter referred to as the

Joint Defence Council, shall consist of—

(i) the Governor-General of India,

hereafter be sent to operate, under joint command in such areas near the boundaries between the two Dominions as are for the time being declared by or under a Provincial law to be disturbed areas;

(h) any Indian forces which are for the time being over-

seas.

Provided that the control of the Joint Defence" Council

shall not extend,—

(ii) the Defence Minister of India, (iii) the Defence Minister of Pakistan, and (iv) the Supreme Commander of His Majesty's Forces in India and Pakistan (hereinafter referred to as the Supreme Commander).

4. The Governor-General of India shall be the indepen-

dent Chairman of the Joint Defence Council.

5. The person who at the date of the commencement of this Order is the Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in India shall be the Supreme Commander.

(i) except in relation to the forces mentioned in para- graphs (g) and (h) of this Article, to the disposition and operational control within the Dominion, and the local- administration, of the armed forces of either Dominion, or (ii) to the selection and recruitment of officers and men for the armed forces of either Dominion and their training, when such training takes place elsewhere than in a train- ing establishment specified by the Joint Defence Council under paragraph (d) of this Article;

6. (1) If a Defence Minister is for any reason unable to attend any meeting of the Joint Defence Council, he shall be entitled to depute another Minister or the High Com- missioner for the Dominion concerned to attend the meet- ing in his place, and Such other Minister or High Commis- sioner shall ha,ve for the purposes of that meeting all the powers of the Defence Minister.

10. The Supreme Commander shall be responsible for giving effect to the decisions of the Joint Defence Council and shall act in conformity with such directions as may be given to him in that behalf by the Joint Defence Council.

11. The posting and promotion ol am officer oi H s Majesty's forces who is not a member of. but is attached to or serving with, any of the Dominion forces, shall be made only in consultation with the Supreme Commander.

12. Where by virtue of the provisions of this Order am members of the Indian Forces are tor the time being sub- ject to the command or control of the Supreme Com- mander, the Supreme Commander shall exercise—

(a) in the case of such members as are subject to the Indian Arnn Act, 1911, the powers of the Comnmnder-in- Chief under that Act; and

(b) iu the case of such members as are subject to the Indian Air Force Act. \j&2. the powers of the Air Officer eommunding-in-Chief under that Act;

and when any such powers are so extreised by the Sup- reme Cdmmander, the powers of the Central Government under the Indian Armv Act, 1911, or as the case may be, 13. There shall-^e two Joint Secretaries of the Joint Defence Council nominated, respectively, by the Gover- nor-General of India' and the Governor-General of Pakis- tan, and such other secretarial staff us may be appointed by or under the authority of the Joint Defence Council.

14. There shall be set up by order of the Joint Defence Council a financial and accounting organisation charged with the duty of scrutinising and advising on proposals involving expenditure, giving financial sanction thereto and accounting for all the expenses referred to in the next succeeding Article.

15. All expenses incurred by or under authority derived from the Joint Defence Council or the Supreme Com- mander for carrying into effect the purposes of this Order shall be, borne by the Dominions of India and Pakistan in such proportion as in; v be determined by the Joint Defence Council.

MOUNTBATTEN OF BUIiMA.

Governor-General'.

K. V. K. SUXDARAM.

Officer on Special Dutv

FINANCE DEPARTMENT (REVENUE DIVISION)

(INDIA).

NOTIFICATIONS

CENTRAL EXCISES

New Delhi, the }\l'i Auyttxt 1 9 47

No, 21.—In exercise of the powers conferred 1>\ section •'i7 oi the Centrnl Excises ,md Salt Act, 1944 (1 of VM4), the Oenir.i! Govermnent ;s plea.-ed to direct that with ^f.n*i*~£tvrm tlu l l th Auguvi 1947, the following further .miendmeufs shall be made in the ('cntval Excise Rules 15)4-!, , lamely.—

li, 111. s;-'d ilule-. in clause (li) oi rule 2—

a) fo>" bub-clauses (d|, (e), U), wcl (gj, the following sub-

'auses shall be substituted, n.mu'lx —

"(dl in the provinces c't Bihar and Orissa and tlu i illowing distr cts of Bengal. nauit.!\, Chittagong Hill Tracts, 24-Parganas, Calcutta. [ihulna, Jalpaiguri. i'iit-jeeiing, J?,iirdwan. Birbhum. Bankurf. Midnapur, Hooghlv and ILowrah, the Collector ot Central Excise. Cjicuthi; - (e) in the districts of Bengal not specified in sub-clause {d), and tlie districts of Sylhet in the province ot Assam, the Collector of Central Excise. Chittagong;

if) in the United Provinces. Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara and tilt' following districts of Punjab, namely, Amritsar, Jy;,ngra. Hoshiaipur. Julluudur. Ambalii, Eolitak Hissar, Gtu-gaon. Simla. Fei"ozpur, Ivarual and Ludhiana, the Collector of Central Excise. Allahabad;

(ii) in the' North-West Frontier Province and the dis- tricts of the Punjab not specified in sub-clause (i), the Collector of Central Excise, Lahore;

_ ( b> in the province of Assam other than the district of

byihet, the Collector of Central Excise, Shilloug."

YV. A. EOSE. Under Secv.

I\ C'oME-TAX EsTAJU ISIIMKXTS

New Delhi, the 8lh August 1047

No. 64 — In exercise of the powers conferred h\ sub- section (2) ot si'i-fou .5 OT the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (XI of 11)22), the Central Government has been pleaded io appoint ilr. Y. Dandeker, l.C.S , officiating Commissioner ot Income-tax, Calcutta, and the 2-1-1'argans and Hov rah District, to officiate as CnmmisMO'ier of Income-tax for Ueniml with effect from tin. :>(>th July 1047.

G. SWAMINATHAN, Dx. S e .v.

L\'C'oATK-T\\ Es LAULISJIMISM'S

New Delhi, the Llth August 1947

No. 65.—In exercise ot the powers conferred by sub- section (2) oi section "J oi the Indian Income-tax Act, 1022 (XI of l'J22), and in modification oi this Department notifications No. 19. dated the .'ttlth April 194(i. tuA No. 64, dated the 8th August 1047, the Central Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. M. Ahmad, Assistant Com- miss'oner of Income-tax, to officiate as Commissioner of Income-tax for Sylhet and the following Districts of Bengal, '•/?., Chitt-igoug, Xoakhali, Tippera, Bakerganj, Dacca, Faridpur, Mymensingh, Murshidabad, Nad'ia. Jessore. Pjogra, liangpur, Dinajpur, Malda,, Pabna and Eajshahi.

Mr. N. Dandeker. l.C.S., will continue to officiate as Commissioner of Income-tax for the remaining Districts of Bengal and Rai Bahadur G. D. Bagri for the remaining Districts of Assam.

T. S. EAMASWAMI, Under Secy.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT (REVENUE DIVISION) (PAKISTAN).

NOTIFICATIONS

CENTRAL EXCISES ESTABLISHMENTS

Neir Delhi, the llth August 1947

~TTr \I. Aslam, Col rector of Central Excise, Delhi is O ll retnrn f r o ni l e a v 6] Mr K E Wright, O B E Collec- Himo.iiterl officer on special duty under the Finance De- tor of Central Excise, Calcutta, is appointed Collector of i-prfenent Eeyenue Division (Pakistan) with headquarters Central Excise, Chittagong, with effect from the l l th it Lahore.

_ August 1947.