264 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The following provisions were a feature of the Constitution of these colonies:
(1) The appointment of the G. and G.G.* by the Crown on the advise of the Imperial cabinet.
(2) The Right of the G. G. to act otherwise than the advice of his ministers.
(3) The power of the Governor to Reserve Bill for the pleasure of the King on the advice of the Imperial Government.
(4) The Power of Disallowance by the King on the advice of the Imperial Government.
The terms of the Statute of Westminister
I. It frees the Dominion Legislature from the overriding effect of the laws made by the British Parliament:
(1) It abrogates the Colonial Laws Validity Act.
(2) It gives the Dominion Legislature to repeal any U. K. Act in so far as the same is the part of the Dominion.
II. It puts limitations upon the legislative sovereignty of the British Parliament:
(1) No Act of Parliament passed after December 11, 1931 shall extend, or be deemed to extend to a Dominion as part of the law of that dominon unless it is expressly declared in the Act that the Dominon has requested and consented to the enactment thereof.
(2) Any alteration in the law touching the succession to the throne or the Royal Style and Tides requires the assent of the Parliaments of the Dominion as well as of the United Kingdom.
III. The Statute does not alter the other provisions :
(1) The appiontment of Governor General.
(2) The Reservation of Bills.
(3) The Disallowance of Bills.
But a great change has taken place in the exercise of these powers.
Right of advice to the Crown.
Dominion Status does not mean sovereignty.
- Constitution of the United Kingdom has been dealt with.
Means Governor and Governor General—ed.
Portion missing—ed.