3. c. 47), and replaced them with a single act containing 135 sections and five schedules.

It was introduced first to the House of Lords, where it was referred to a joint committee of Parliament chaired by Lord Loreburn.

The committee removed several provisions which went beyond the simple consolidation of existing law.

The Government of India Act 1915 and its supplemental act the following year "made the English statute law relating to India easier to understand, and therefore easier to amend.

"[2] The Government of India Act 1919 made substantial changes to the law.