The Charter Act of 1833 centralized administration in India under the Governor General of Bengal. It gave the Governor General control over civil, military, and financial matters across India. The Act enlarged the Executive Council to four members including a Law Member for legislative purposes. It standardized laws passed in India as Acts of the Government rather than Regulations and established a law commission to create a uniform legal code.

1. CHARTER ACT OF 1833

2. kamble Siddharth Rajendra
Ranjane Kiran Sampat
Pharande Sandip Dattatraya
Inamdar Akshay Prakash
Students of IInd NLC
Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College
Satara, Maharashtra

3. CHARTER ACT OF 1833

4. Important Provisions of Charter of 1833
The Charter Acts of 1833 centralized the administration in India
The Governor General of Bengal, according to the act was declared as the
Governor General of India.
Governor General in council got powers of superintendence, direction and
control of the whole civil and military government and the revenues of India
The charter Act of 1833 enlarged the Executive council by the addition of
fourth member (Law Member) for legislative purposes

5. All the laws and enacts passed by the legislative council were called as Acts of
the Government of India, before this they were called as regulations.
It provided for the appointment of a law commission in India
The Act provided that there would be no indiscrimination made between the
Indian and the British residents in Indian provinces on the basis of caste, creed
and religion
Charter of 1833 made provision to create uniform and codified system of law
in India

6. The First Governor General of India
William Bentick