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A Supreme Court was established in Bengal comprising of a chief justice and three other
judges.
He was given legislative powers over the entire India including the Governors of Bombay and
Madras.
The company lost the status of a commercial body and was made purely an administrative
body.
The major focus of the act was on administration in India. It was the first step to associate
Indians to legislation.
The act provided that the viceroy should nominate some Indians as non-official members in
legislative council.
It provided for the establishment of legislative councils for Bengal, North-Western Frontier
Province (NWFP) and Punjab.
Viceroy was empowered to issue ordinances during an emergency without the concurrence of
the legislative council.
he principle of separate electorate was further extended to Sikhs, Indian Christians, AngloIndians and Europeans.
It provided for the appointment of a statutory commission to report the working of the act
after ten years.
Diarchy was adopted at the centre with Transferred and Reserved subjects (such as defence,
administration of tribal areas etc.).
The legislature of Bengal, Bombay, Madras, Bihar, Assam and United province were made
bicameral. Bicameral legislature consisted of a Legislative Council and a Legislative Assembly.
The principle of Separate Electorate was extended to depressed classes, women and workers.
The office of Viceroy was abolished and a Governor General was to be appointed in each of the
dominion
The Constituent Assemblies of the two dominions were to have powers to legislate for their
respective territories.
Princely states were free to join any of the two dominions or to remain independent.