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1. External affairs ; the implementing of treaties and agreement with other countries ; extradition, including surrender of criminaIs and accused persons to parts outside the province of the Hindusthan Free State.

2. Admission into, and emigration and expulsion from, Hindusthan including in relation thereto the regulation of the movements in Hindusthan of persons who are not British subjects domiciled in Hindusthan.

3. Naturalisation.

4. Migration within Hindusthan from or into a Governor’s Province.

5. Naval, military and air force works ; local self-government in cantonment areas, the regulation of house accommodation in such areas, and the delimitation of such areas.

6. The defence of Hindusthan and all matters connected with the naval, military and air forces of the Hindusthan free State, including militia; marine service and any other force raised in Hindusthan other than military and armed police wholly maintained by the Provincial Government; naval and military works and cantonments; schools and colleges for military, naval and air training.

7. Petroleum and other liquids and substances declared by Federal law to be dangerously inflammable, so far as regards possession, storage and transport.

8. Arms ; firearms ; ammunition.

9. Explosives.

10. Shipping and navigation including shipping and navigation on such inland waterways as may be declared to be of national importance, harbours, major ports, light houses, beacons, lightships, buoys.

11. Port quarantine ; seamen’s and marine hospitals, and hospitals connected with port quarantine

12. Major ports, that is to say, the declaration and delimitation of such ports, and the constitution and powers of Port Authorities.

13. Lighthouses, including lightships, beacons and other provision for the safety of shipping and aircraft.

14. Maritime shipping and navigation including shipping and navigation on tidal waters ; Admiralty jurisdiction.

15. Import and export across customs frontiers as defined by the Federal Government.

16. Federal railways ; the regulation of all railways other than minor railways in respect of safety, minimum and maximum rates and fares, station and service terminal charges, inter-change of traffic and the responsibility of railway administrations as carriers of goods and passengers, the regulation of minor railways in respect of safety and the responsibility of the administration of such railways as carriers of goods and passengers,

17. Air-craft and air navigation; the “provision of aerodromes;” regulation and organisation of air traffic and of aerodromes.

18. Railways and roads of all Hindusthan and military importance.

19. Carriage of passengers and goods by sea or by air.

20. The Survey of Hindusthan, the Geological, Botanical and Zoological Surveys of Hindus than ; Federal meteorological organisations.

21. Census and statistics.

22. The Imperial Library, the Indian Museum, the Imperial War Museum, and the Victoria Memorial and any similar institution, controlled or financed by the Federation.

23. Federal agencies and institutes for the following purposes, that is to say, for research, for professional or technical training, or for the promotion of special studies.

24. The Benares Hindu University and the Aligarh Muslim University.

25. Posts and telegraphs, including telephones, wireless, broadcasting, and other like forms of communication ; Post Office Savings Bank.

26. Works, lands and buildings vested in, or in the possession of the Federation, but, as regards property situate in a Province, subject always to Provincial legislation, save in so far as Federal law otherwise provides.

27. Ancient and historical monuments; archaeological sites and remains.

28. Banking, that is to say, the conduct of banking business by corporations other than corporations owned or controlled by a province.

29. Corporations, that is to say, the incorporation, regulation and winding-up of trading corporations, including banking, insurance, and financial corporations, but not including. co-operative societies.

30. The law of insurance, and the regulation of the conduct of insurance business ; Government insurance, except so far as undertaken by virtue of any entry in the Provincial Legislative List or by a Province.

31. Currency, coinage and legal tender.

32. Public debt of the Federation.

33. Federal Public Services and Federal Public Service Commission.

34. Federal pensions, that is to say, pensions payable by the Federation or out of Federal revenues.

35. Cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other like instruments.

36. Development of industries, where development under Federal control is declared by Federal law to be expedient in the public interest.

37. Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields.

38. Regulation of mines and oilfields and mineral development to the extent to which such regulation and development under Federal control is declared by Federal law to be expedient in the public interest;

39. Trade and commerce with other countries and in Hindusthan arid the incorporation of trading, financial or foreign corporations in Hindusthan.

40. Elections to the Federal Legislature, subject to the provisions of this Act and of any Order made thereunder.

41. The salaries of the Federal Ministers, of the President, and of the Speaker, and Deputy Speaker; the salaries, allowances , and privileges of the members of the Federal Legislature.

42. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court with respect to any of the matters in this list and to such extent as is expressly authorised by this Act, the enlargement of the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the conferring thereon of supplemental powers ; the Supreme Court of lndia and Legislation relating to High Courts.

43. Civil law including laws regarding status, contract, property, civil rights and liabilities· and civil procedure.

44. Opium, so far as regards cultivation and manufacture or sale for export.

45. Criminal law including criminal procedure and extradition laws.

46. Offences against laws with respect to any other matters in this list.

47. Copy-right, inventions, designs, trademarks and merchandise marks.

48. State lotteries.

49. Salt.

50. Establishment of standards of weight.

51. Inquiries and statistics for the purposes of any of the matters in this list.

52. Bankruptcy and insolvency.

53. Legislation regarding marriage, divorce and matrimonial matters, parental rights, the custody and guardianship of infants, their status and age of majority.

54. Land acquisition by or for the purposes of the Hindusthan Free State.

55. Duties of customs including export duties.

56. Duties of excise on tobacco and other goods manufactured or produced in Hindusthan except:-

(a) Alcoholic liquors for human consumption ;

(b) Opium, Indian Hemp, other narcotic drugs and narcotics ; non-narcotic drugs ;

(c) Medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol or any substance included in sub-paragraph (b) of this entry.

57. Taxes on the capital value of the assets, exclusive of agricultural land, of individuals and companies; taxes on the capital of companies.

58. Duties in respect of succession to property other than agricultural land.

59. The rates of stamp duty in respect of bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes, bills of lading, letters of credit, policies of insurance, proxies and receipts.

6o. Terminal taxes on goods or passengers carried by railway or air ; taxes on railway fares and freights.

61. Fees in respect of any of the matters in this list, but not including fees taken in any Court.

62. Bounties on the production or export of goods and on tobacco.

63. Laws relating to registration of deed and documents.

64. Laws relating to registration of births, deaths and marriages.

65. The audit department of the Hindusthan Free State.

66. The seat of the Government of the Hindusthan Free State.

67. Inter-Provincial matters.

68. Medical qualifications and standard.

69. Territorial changes, other than intra-provincial and declaration of laws in connection therewith.

70. Legislation regarding forest.

71. Legislation relating to non-judicial stamps.

72. Fisheries in Hindusthan Waters beyond the three miles limit.

73. Stores and stationery of the Hindusthan Free State.

74. Central Publicity and Intelligence Department.

75. All property of the Hindusthan Free State.

76. Laws regarding referendum, initiation and recall.

77. Removal of prisoners and accused persons from one unit to another unit.

78. Evidence and oaths ; recognition of laws, public acts and records and judicial proceedings.

79. Adoption

8o. Wills, intestacy, and succession, save as regards agricultural land.

81. Transfer of property other than agricultural land

82. Trusts and trustees.

83. Contracts, including partnership, agency, contracts of carriage and other special forms of contract, but not including contracts relating to agricultural land.

84. Arbitration.

85. Administrators-general and official trustees

86. Stamp duties other than duties or fees collected by means of judicial stamps, but not including rates of stamp duty.

87. Actionable wrongs, save in so far as included in laws with respect to any of the matters specified in Federal List and in Provincial Lists.

88. Jurisdiction and powers of all courts, except the Supreme Court with respect to any of the matters in this list

89. Legal, medical and other professions.

90. Newspapers, books and printing presses.

91. Lunacy and mental deficiency, including places for the reception or treatment of lunatics and mental deficients.

92. Poisons and dangerous drugs.

93. Mechanically propelled vehicles.

94. Boilers.

95. Prevention of cruelty to animals.

96. Criminal tribes.

97. Factories.

98. Welfare of labour; conditions of labour; provident funds; employers’ liability and workmens compensation; health-insurance, including invalidity pensions, old age pension.

99. Old age pension.

100. Unemployment insurance.

101. Trade unions ; industrial and labour disputes,.

102. The prevention of the extension from one unit to another of infectious or contagious diseases or pests affecting men, animals or plants.

103. Electricity.

104. Shipping and navigation on inland waterways as regards mechanically propelled vessels, and the rule of the road on such waterways ; carriage of passengers and goods on inland waterways.

105. The sanctioning of cinematograph films for exhibition.

106. Persons subjected to preventive detention under Federal Authority,

107. The punishment of persons who refuse to give evidence or produce documents before the President.

108. Corporation tax.

109. All matters mentioned in the constitution of the Hindusthan Free State which have not been specifically mentioned herein.

110. All matters that have not been specifically mentioned in the Provincial List.