Section 2. (I) I n any part of British India beyond the Operatiou,of limits of the territories administered by

2. (I) I n any part of British India beyond the Operatiou,of limits of the territories administered by the Governor k!: $ ~ of Fort St. George in Council, and the Lieutenant- and certain Governors of Bengal and the North-Western Provinces, ; ~ h ~ i ~ to or in which Acts V I I I of 1851 and XV of 1864 India, may be or have been extended, or may be or have been declared to be in force, under the latter of those Acts or by this Act or by or under any other enactment, L . the Local Government shall be deemed to have and, where Ihe Aols have beeu in Lorce before ILe passiug of this Act, to have had the same authority as if it had been included among the Local Governments specified in section 2 of Act VIII of 1851. $ ~ ~ (2) " Presidency ", where that word occurs in section 8 of Act VIII of 1851, shall be deemed to mean, and . . Vdidation of past levy `of` toils, .! Saving. Amendment of section 2, a c t PIII, of 1 . , Y51. I \ 1 . . . 'U . 7 8 [ `ACT` V I I I `T0tl8.` and to have meant, the territories under the administration of a Local Government.