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 the Council of India, 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 such powers as may by a Regulation of the Governor General in Council be exercised by the President in Council during the absence of the Governor General, and except the power of making Laws and Regulations.