Government of India Act 1833

The Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85), sometimes called the East India Company Act 1833 or the Charter Act 1833, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, later retitled as the Saint Helena Act 1833. It extended the royal charter granted to the East India Company for an additional twenty years, and restructured the governance of British India.

The act contained the following provisions:

With the exception of section 112, vesting Saint Helena in the monarchy, the act was repealed by the Government of India Act 1915.

When short titles were authorised for British legislation by the Short Titles Act 1896, the act was titled as the Government of India Act 1833. However, following the repeal of most of its provisions other than those dealing with Saint Helena, it was given a new short title by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, as the Saint Helena Act 1833. As the main provision of the act was to extend the East India Company's charter, it is sometimes referred to as the Charter Act 1833, although this is not an official short title.

The Charter Act 1833 (also known as the Government of India Act 1833) is regarded as a watershed moment in the constitutional history of British India:

Despite its progressive provisions, the Act had significant shortcomings: