46. (1) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section with respect to Berar, the following shall be Governors’ Provinces, that is to say, Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Provinces, the Punjab, Bihar, the Central Provinces and Berar, Assam, the Northwest Frontier Province, Orissa, Sind, and such other Governors’ Provinces as may be created under this Act.
(2) Burma shall cease to be part of India.
(3) In this Act the expression ” Province ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Governor’s Province, and ” Provincial ” shall be construed accordingly.