Section 17 - Conduct of Business of Federal Government in Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed]
Conduct of Business of Federal Government.
(1) All executive action of the [Federal]1 Government shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor-General.
(2) Orders and other instruments made andexecuted in the name of the Governor-General shall be authenticated in suchmanner as may be specified in rules to be made by the Governor-General, and thevalidity of an order or instrument which is so authenticated shall not be calledin question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or executedby the Governor-General.
(3)The Governor-General shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of thebusiness of the [Federal]1 Government, and for the allocation amongministers of the said business [in so far as it is not business with respect towhich the Governor-General is by or under this Act required to act in hisdiscretion].2
3 (4) The rules shall includeprovisions requiring ministers and secretaries to Government to transmit to theGovernor-General all such information with respect to the business of theFederal Government as may be specified in the rules, of as the Governor-Generalmay otherwise require to be so transmitted, and in particular requiring aminister to bring to the notice of the Governor-General and the appropriatesecretary to bring to the notice of the minister concerned and of theGovernor-General, any matter under consideration by him which involves, orappears to him likely to involve, any special responsibility of theGovernor-General.
3 (5)In the discharge of his functions under sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of thissection the Governor-General shall act in his discretion after consultation withhis ministers.
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1.Substituted by the word 'Dominion', by Government of India (Commencement andTransitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.
2.The words within brackets were omitted, by Government of India(Commencement and Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.
3.Sub-secs. (4) and (5) were omitted, by Government of India (Commencementand Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, paras. 3 and 11.