Salary of Sir J. Lawrence Act 1864
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| Long title | An Act to enable the Right Honourable Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence to receive the full Benefit of the Salary of Governor General of India, notwithstanding his being in receipt of an Annuity granted to him by the East India Company. |
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| Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. 2 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 March 1864 |
The Salary of Sir J. Lawrence Act 1864 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act allowed Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence to collect an annuity alongside his salary as Governor General of India. The act received royal assent on 18 March 1864.[1]
Provisions[edit]
The provisions of the act include:
- Making it legal for Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence to receive both an annuity from the East India Company and his full salary as Governor General of India (and so exempting him from a part of the Government of India Act 1833 which ensured the salaries of members of the Council of India, including the Governor General, were the "whole Profit or Advantage which the said Officers should enjoy during their Continuance").[2]
Timeline[edit]
The Act had its first reading on 9 February 1864 and received Royal Assent on the 18 March 1864.[3][1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1864. p. 2.
- ^ A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: Being the Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1864. p. 3.
- ^ "MINUTES. HC Deb 09 February 1864 vol 173 c321". Hansard. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
