§ 1. Brigadier-General COCKERILLasked the Secretary of State for India whether there still exist any restrictions on the colonisation of British India by British subjects, other than natives of India, or in the purchase, lease, or possession of land in British India by such British subjects; and, if so, what is their general effect?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)There are no restrictions on the entry into British India of British subjects, provided that they are in possession of valid passports, nor on their purchase, lease, or possession of land in British India, except that purchases by serving Government officers from Indians are in certain cases subject to the orders of higher authority.