8. (1) In the case of each of the new Dominions, the powers Temporary of the Legislature of the Dominion shall, for the purpose of provision as making provision as to the constitution of the Dominion, be to government of e exercisable in the first instance by the Constituent Assembly newach of the of that Dominion, and references in this Act to the Legislature Dominions. of the Dominion shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Except in so far as other provision is made by or in accord- ance with a Jaw made by the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion under subsection (i) of this section, each of the new Dominions and all Provinces and other parts thereof shall be governed as nearly as may be in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935 ; and the provisions of that Act, and of the Orders in Council, rules and other instruments made thereunder, shall, so far as applicable, and subject to any express provisions of this Act, and with such, omissions, additions, adaptations and-. modifications as may be specified in orders of the Governor- General under the next succeeding section, have effect accordingly: Provided that-
(a) the said provisions shall apply separately in relation to each of the new Dominions and nothing in this sub- section shall be construed as continuing on or after the appointed day any Central Government or Legislature common to both the new Dominions;
(b) nothing in this subsection shall be construed as continuing in force on or after the appointed day any form of control by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom over the affairs of the new Dominions or of any Province or other part thereof;
(c) so much of the said provisions as requires the Governor- General or any Governor to act in his discretion or exercise his individual judgment as respects any matter shall cease to have effect as from the appointed day;
(d) as from the appointed day, no Provincial Bill shall be reserved under the Government of India Act, 1935, for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure, and no Provincial Act shall be disallowed by His Majesty thereunder; and
(e) the powers of the Federal Legislature or Indian Legislature under that Act, as in force in relation to each Dominion, shall, in the first instance, be exercisable by – the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion in addition to the powers exercisable by that Assembly under subsection (1) of this section. (3) Any provision of the Government of India Act, 1935, which, as applied to either of the new Dominions by subsection (2) of this section and the orders therein referred to, operates to limit the power of the legislature of that Dominion shall, unless and until other provision is made by or in accordance with a law made by the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, have the like effect as a law of the Legislature; of the Dominion limiting for the future the powers of that Legislature.