Transported Convicts Act, 1840, 16 of 1840 (Rep., Act 5 of 1871)

Section II. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor General in Council t

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

II. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor General in Council to appoint the Governor or other Authority at any place within the territories of the East India Company, or to appoint one or more Superintendents at any such place as the persons to whom Convicts undergoing transportation shall be delivered and in whom the property in the service of such Convicts shall be vested as aforesaid.

Source: India Code