Section I. Whereas it is expedient that the Governor General should visit the North Western Provinces and other

I. Whereas it is expedient that the Governor General should visit the North Western Provinces and other parts of India, unaccompanied by any Member of the Council of India, it is enacted that during the absence of the Governor General from Calcutta, it shall be lawful for the Governor General alone to exercise all the powers which may be exercised by the Governor General in Council, except always the power of making Laws and Regulations.