| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for effecting an engagement with the East India Company, and for the better Government of His Majesty's Indian Territories, till the Thirtieth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. |
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| Citation | 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 August 1833 |
| Commencement | 22 April 1834[a] |
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Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Government of India Act 1833 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, fromlegislation.gov.uk. | |
TheGovernment of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85), sometimes called theEast India Company Act 1833 or theCharter Act 1833, was anact of theParliament of the United Kingdom, later retitled as theSaint Helena Act 1833. It extended the royal charter granted to theEast India Company for an additional twenty years, and restructured the governance ofBritish India.
The act contained the following provisions:
With the exception of section 112, vesting Saint Helena in the monarchy, the act was repealed by theGovernment of India Act 1915.[3][4][5]
112 Saint Helena vested in the crown.
The island of St Helena, and all forts, factories, public edifices, and hereditaments whatsoever in the said island, and all stores and property thereon fit or used for the service of the government thereof, shall be vested in his Majesty, and the said island shall be governed by such orders as his Majesty in council shall from time to time issue in that behalf.
Whenshort titles were authorised for British legislation by theShort Titles Act 1896, the act was titled as theGovernment of India Act 1833.[b] However, following the repeal of most of its provisions other than those dealing with Saint Helena, it was given a new short title by theStatute Law Revision Act 1948, as theSaint Helena Act 1833.[c] As the main provision of the act was to extend the East India Company's charter, it is sometimes referred to as theCharter Act 1833, although this is not an official short title.[6][7]
