¹[284A . Confirmation of appointments to India office staff and staff of Auditor of Indian Home Accounts

(1) Any appointment which the Secretary of State in Council has purported to make to his permanent establishment before the commencement of Part III of this Act, and any increases which he has purported to make in the salaries of persons on that establishment, shall for all purposes be deemed to have been validly made notwithstanding that the making thereof was not sanctioned by an Order of His Majesty in Council as provided by section seventeen ofthe Government of India Act.

(2) Any appointments which the Auditor of the accounts of the Secretary of State in Council has purported to make to his staff before the commencement of the said Part III shall be deemed to have been validly made notwithstanding that the making thereof was not authorised by such a warrant of His Majesty as is mentioned in section twenty-seven of the Government pf India Act, and all salaries paid to any person on the said Auditor's staff shall be deemed to have been duly paid notwithstanding that they were not so authorised.]

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1. Added by the India & Burma (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act, 1940, and omitted by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947.