NEW INDIAN DOMINIONS
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Short Bill Being Prepared For Commons
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Received Tuesday, 7 p.m, LGNDGN, June 9, A short Bill of about 20 clauses l: now being drafted to establish (li. new Dominions of Hindustan an. Pakistan and the other Dominions ar. being coirsulted qbout the necessfu ,\ cilteration in the Royal title, says th Tirnes ' Parliamentary eorrespondeni The Statute of Westminster recognise that the assent qf all Dominion Parlia ments mnst be obtained when an, ehange is proposed in the Royal styh of titles a'nd in this case it will b> necessary to alter the. title of Kin» Empei'or. On the assumption that there wii soon be a separate Constituent As sembly for Pakistan, it is proposed thi complete legislative powers should b> vested in the two ConstituenJ; As semblies until power has passed to tln new legislatures of the two Dominion finis eanh Constituent Assembly will b abie to -set up a government withou. deiay and these two goyernipents Avili oe-able to accept the transrer of poweOnce the Act comes into force Parlia ment will cease to have any authorit\ in Indian afi'airs and the parajnonnt.c\ )f the Crown will lapse in regard to thi Indian states. -
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1947, Page 5
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