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|long_title = An Act to amend the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.<br />
|year = 1911<br />
|citation = [[1 & 2 Geo. 5]]. c. 18<br />
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|royal_assent = 18 August 1911<br />
|commencement = 18 August 1911{{efn|The [[Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793]].}}<br />
|repeal_date = 1 January 1916<br />
|amends = [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]]<br />
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|repealing_legislation = [[Government of India Act 1915]]<br />
|status = Repealed<br />
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The '''Indian High Courts Act 1911''' ([[1 & 2 Geo. 5]]. c. 18) was an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] to amend the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104). Notable changes to existing legislation include an increase in the number of judges of high court as well as the ability of government to establish additional high courts across [[British Raj|British India]].<ref>Ilbert, Sir Courtenay. ''The Government of India.'' London: Humphrey Milford, M.A. (Publisher to the University of Oxford) and Stevens & Sons, Limited, 1916. Print.</ref><br />
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== Sections ==<br />
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=== § 1 - Increased number of Judges of High Court ===<br />
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The maximum number of judges to serve an Indian High Court was increased from sixteen to twenty. Previously enacted regulations, such as those set forth by §2 of the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104), remained in effect.<br />
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=== § 2 - Power to establish additional High Courts ===<br />
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The powers granted to His Majesty the King under §16 of the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104) were expanded to allow for the establishment of additional High Courts across British India. Previously, only four courts had been established. Incidental, consequential or supplemental alterations to local or existing jurisdictions were to be made by means of order or [[Letters patent|patent]] so as to ensure the administrative superintendence of the newly established High Courts. Here, too, previously enacted regulations remained in effect.<br />
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=== § 3 - Power to appoint Temporary Judges ===<br />
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Subject to the provisions of §2 of the [[Indian High Courts Act 1861]] ([[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 104), as amended by this act, it was to be lawful for the Governor General in Council to appoint additional judges to High Courts ″as required by necessity or circumstance.″ Whilst appointed for no more than two years, temporary judges were to be granted powers no different from those allowed to the judges appointed by the monarch.<br />
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=== § 4 - Salaries ===<br />
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The salaries of any judges or temporary judges appointed under this act were to be paid out of the Revenues of India.<br />
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=== § 5 - Short Title ===<br />
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This act was to be cited as the Indian High Courts Act 1911. Together with the acts of 1861 and 1865, this act was to be cited as the Indian High Courts Act, 1861 to 1911.<ref>Indian High Courts Act, 1911 - 1 & 2 Geo. 5 Ch. 18</ref><br />
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== Supplemental notes ==<br />
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=== Legislation referenced ===<br />
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'''The Indian High Courts Act 1861'''<ref>Indian High Courts Act, 1861 - 24 & 25 Vict. Ch. 104</ref><br />
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§2 specified the qualifications and salaries of judges serving the High Courts.<br />
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§15 established High Courts' measures of administrative superintendence over the courts subject to their [[appellate jurisdiction]].<br />
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§16 granted His Majesty the King the power to establish an additional High Court at [[Allahabad]].<br />
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== Subsequent developments ==<br />
The whole act was repealed by section 130 of, and the fourth schedule to, the [[Government of India Act 1915]] ([[5 & 6 Geo. 5]]. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1916.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|act=Government of India Act 1915|type=act|year=Geo5/5-6|chapter=61}}</ref><br />
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