Indian Independence Act 1947

FIRST SCHEDULE BENGAL DISTRICTS PROVISIONALLY INCLUDED IN THE NEW PROVINCE OF EAST BENGAL

In the Chittagong Division, the districts of Chittagong, Noakhali and Tippera. In the Dacca Division, the districts of Bakarganj, Dacca, Faridpur and Mymensingh. In the Presidency Division, the districts of Jessore, Murshidabad and Nadia. In the Rajshahi Division, the districts of Bogra, Dinajpur, Malda, Pabna, Rajshahi and Rangpur.

SECOND SCHEDULE DISTRICTS PROVISIONALLY INCLUDED IN THE NEW PROVINCE OF WEST PUNJAB

In the Lahore Division, the districts of Gujranwala, Gurdaspur,

Lahore, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. In the Rawalpindi Division, the districts of Attock, Gujrat, Jhelum,

Mianwali, Rawalpindi and Shahpur. In the Multan Division, the districts of Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang,

Lyallpur, Montgomery, Multan and Muzaffargarh.

THIRD SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS OF ARMY ACT AND AIR FORCE ACT IN RELATION TO BRITISH FORCES

Part I Modifications of Army Act applicable also to Air Force Act

1 The proviso to section forty-one (which limits the jurisdiction of courts martial) shall not apply to offences committed in either of the new Dominions or in any of the other territories which were included in India before the appointed day.

2 In section forty-three (which relates to complaints), the words " with the approval of the Governor-General of India in Council " shall be omitted.

3 In subsections (8) and (9) of section fifty-four (which, amongst other things, require certain sentences to be confirmed by the Governor-General in Council), the words " India or", the words " by the Governor-General, or, as the case may be " and the words " in India, by the Governor-General, or, if he has been tried " shall be omitted.

4 In subsection (3) of section seventy-three (which provides for the nomination of officers with power to dispense with courts martial for desertion and fraudulent enlistment) the words " with the approval of the Governor-General " shall be omitted.

5 The powers conferred by subsection (5) of section one hundred and thirty (which provides for the removal of insane persons) shall not be exercised except with the consent of the officer commanding the forces in the new Dominions.

6 In subsection (2) of section one hundred and thirty-two (which relates to rules regulating service prisons and detention barracks) the words " and in India for the Governor-General" and the words " the Governor-General " shall be omitted except as respects rules made before the appointed day.

7 In the cases specified in subsection (1) of section one hundred and thirty-four, inquests shall be held in all cases in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of that section.

8 In section one hundred and thirty-six (which relates to deductions from pay), in subsection (1) the words " India or " and the words " being in the case of India a law of the Indian legislature ", and the whole of subsection (2), shall be omitted.

9 In paragraph (4) of section one hundred and thirty-seven (which relates to penal stoppages from the ordinary pay of officers), the words "or in the case of officers serving in India the Governor-General " the words " India or " and the words " for India or, as the case may be " shall be omitted.

10 In paragraph (12) of section one hundred and seventy-five and paragraph (11) of section one hundred and seventy-six (which apply the Act to certain members of His Majesty's Indian Forces and to certain other persons) the word " India " shall be omitted wherever it occurs.

11 In subsection (1) of section one hundred and eighty (which provides for the punishment of misconduct by civilians in relation to courts martial) the words " India or " shall be omitted wherever they occur.

12 In the provisions of section one hundred and eighty-three relating to the reduction in rank of non-commissioned officers, the words " with the approval of the Governor-General " shall be omitted in both places where they occur.

Part II Modifications of Army Act

Section 184B (which regulates relations with the Indian Air Force) shall be omitted.

Part III Modifications of Air Force Act

1 In section 179D (which relates to the attachment of officers and airmen to Indian and Burma Air Forces), the words " by the Air Council and the Governor-General of India or, as the case may be," and the words " India or ", wherever those words occur, shall be omitted.

2 In section 184B (which regulates relations with Indian and Burma Air Forces) the words " India or " and the words " by the Air Council and the Governor-General of India or, as the case may be," shall be omitted.

3 Sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (4) of section one hundred and ninety (which provides that officers of His Majesty's Indian Air Force are to be officers within the meaning of the Act) shall be omitted.