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390 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(4) It shall be lawful for the Council of India to make recommendations to the Legislatures of Pakistan and Hindustan as to the advisability of passing identical Acts delegating to the Council of India the administration of any all-India subject, with a view to avoiding the necessity of administering them separately in Pakistan or Hindustan.
(5) It shall be lawful for either Legislature at any time by Act to deprive the delegation to the Council of India of any powers which are in pursuance of such identical Acts as aforesaid for the time being delegated to the Council and thereupon the powers in question shall cease to be exercisable by the Council of India and shall become exercisable in parts of British India within their respective jurisdictions by the Legislatures and Governments of Pakistan and Hindustan and the Council shall take such steps as may be necessary to carry out the transfer, including adjustments of any funds in their hands or at their disposal.
VIII. — (1) If at the end of ten years after coming into operation of a constitution for British India as prescribed by Section IV — (3) a petition is presented to His Majesty by a majority of the Muslim members representing the Scheduled Districts in the Provincial and Central Legislatures demanding a poll to be taken with regard to the separation of Pakistan from Hindustan, His Majesty shall cause a poll to be taken.
(2) The following shall be the form of the questions submitted to the electors : —
(i) Are you in favour of separation of Pakistan from Hindustan ?
(ii) Are you against the separation of Pakistan from Hindustan ?
IX. — If the result of the poll is in favour of separation it shall be lawful for His Majesty to declare by an