द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

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consist of not more than 375 members of whom 250 will be
elected from British India and not more than 125¹ will be
appointed by the Rulers of Indian States. The number
earmarked for British India will be allocated to the several
communities and interests as follows: Depressed Classes
(Hindus), 19; Sikh, 6; Moslem, 82; Indian Christian, 8;
Anglo-Indian, 4: European, 8; Women, 9; Commerce and
Industry, 11 (of whom approximately 6 will be Europeans²);
Landholders, 7; Labour, 10; General (Hindus and others),
105. The Depressed Classes seats will be filled up in the
manner prescribed in the Poona Pact adopted after the fast of
Mahatma Gandhi in September 1932. Bills will be introduced
in either Chamber, but Money Bills and Votes of Supply will
be initiated only in the Assembly. No Bill will become law
until it has been agreed to by both Chambers and has been
assented to by the Governor-General, or in the case of a
Reserved Bill until His Majesty in Council has signified his
assent. Any Act assented to by the Governor-General will
within twelve months be subject to disallowance by His Majesty
in Council. The Governor-General will, however, have the
power to enact at his discretion as a Governor-General's Act
any Bill which is not passed by the Chambers within a specified
date in spite of a message from the Governor-General that that
Bill should become law by that date. A Governor-General's
Act will have the same force and effect as an Act of the
Legislature. The Governor-General will be further empowered
in his discretion, in any case in which he considers that a
Bill introduced or proposed for introduction or any clause
thereof or any amendment to a Bill moved or proposed, would
affect the discharge of his responsibility, to direct that the
said Bill, Clause or Amendment shall not be further pro-
ceeded with. It will thus be seen that the Governor-General
has been vested with extraordinarily wide powers in the
matter of modifying any legislation under consideration,
¹ With a population less than one-fourth of India, the Indian States
will have 33⅓ per cent. of the seats in the assembly and more than 38 per
cent. of the seats in the Council of State.
² The European population in India is 168,134 out of a population of
about 352 millions. Nevertheless, they are to have 14 seats in the Assembly
and 7 seats in the Council of State.