Features of GOI act,1919

Question 1

Featutres

Answer 1

• separated provincial(saddhya states ahet tyala adhi provinc mhanayache) & central subjects
• The central and provincial legislatures were authorized to make laws on their respective list of subjects.

-divided the provincial subjects into two parts– transferred and reserved.
1)transferred : administered by the Governor with
the aid of Ministers.
2)reserved : administered by the Governor and
his executive council without being responsible to the legislative council

-introduced, for the fi rst time, bicameralism
and direct elections in the country.

-3 out of 6 members of the Viceroy’s executive Council were to be Indian.

-communal representation i.e. separate
electorates for Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans.

• granted franchise to a limited number of people on the basis of property, tax or education.
• created a new office of the High Commissioner for India in London