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HOME DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATION.
Public.
Simla, the 19th June 1933.
No. F. 6|7|33-H.—The following instructions
for the submission of petitions to the Governor
General in Council are published for general
information in supersession of the instructions
published with the Home Department Notifica
tion No. F. 472-II-2|23-Public, dated the 21st
June 1924 :—
PART I.
Preliminary.
1. Definitions. —In these instructions :—
(1) “ civil employment ” means employ
ment by Government or by a local
authority ;
(5) “ local Government ” includes the
authorities mentioned in the
Schedule ; and
(?) “ petition ” includes memorials, letters
and applications of the nature of
petitions.
2. S^ope of Instructions. —(?) Save as here
inafter provided, these instructions shall apply,
so far as may be, to all petitions addressed to the
Governor General in Council.
(2) They shall apply only in so far as they
are not inconsistent with the conditions of
Army, Royal Air Force, or Royal Indian
Marine service to petitions of the nature
referred to in sub-instruction (?) from persons
who are or have been in such service in res
pect of matters arising therefrom.
(?) They shall not apply to—
(a) petitions relating to matters arising in
a State in India ; such petitions are
governed by separate instructions
issued by the Foreign and Political
Department ;
(h) petitions relating to bills pending
before the Indian Legislature ; such
petitions are governed by the Stand
ing Orders of the Council of State
and the Legislative Assembly.
(c) petitions submitted by, or on behalf of,
convicts under sentence of death.
(4) They shall not affect any rules or orders
made by the Governor General in Council in
respect of representations submitted by
recognised associations of government servants.
PART II.
Form and manner of submission of petitions.
3. Form of petition. — (?) A petition may be
either in manuscript or in print.
(2) Every petition shall be authenticated by
the signature of the petitioner, or, when the
petitioners are numerous, by the signatures of
one or more of them.
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(?) Every petition, and the documents
accompanying it, shall, if possible, be in
English ; if not, they shall be accompanied by
an English translation authenticated in the
manner provided in sub-instruction (2).
4. Contents of petition. —Every petition
shall—
(a) contain all material statements and
arguments relied upon by the peti
tioner ;
(&) be complete in itself ;
(c) if any recorded order of a public
authority is complained against, be
accompanied by a copy of the order
and by a copy of any order in the
case passed by a subordinate
authority ; and
(d) end with a specific prayer.
5. Method of submission. —(?) Every petition
shall be submitted through—
(a) the local Government mentioned in
the Schedule in respect of the
petitioner ; or
(b) if no local Government is mentioned
in the Schedule in respect of the
petitioner, the local Government of
the province in which the petitioner
is or has last been residing or em
ployed,
and shall be accompanied by a letter request
ing the local Government to transmit the
petition to the Governor General in Council.
(2) If there is no local Government such as
is referred to in sub-instruction (?), the
petition shall be submitted to the Governor
General in Council direct.
6. Submission of petitions by persons in
civil employment. — (?) Every person in civil
employment, and every person who has been
in civil employment, shall, if he desires to
petition the Governor General in Council in
respect of such employment, or in respect of
the termination of such employment, submit a
separate petition on his own behalf.
{2) Every such petition shall be submitted
through the authority provided in instruction
5 through the head of the office or department
to which the petitioner belongs or belonged.
(?) The head of an office or department, on
receipt of any petition submitted through him
in accordance with sub-instruction (2), shall
forward the petition, by means of the usual
official channel, to th£ authority provided in
instruction 5.
PART III.
Withholding of petitions by the local
Government.
7. Circumstances in which petitions may be
withheld. —The local Government may, at
discretion, withhold a petition when—
(?) the petitioner has not complied in full
with the provisions of Part II of
these instructions ;
{2) the petition is illegible or unintelligible,
or contains language which is, in