The Constitution-making Body shall be constituted in the manner prescribed in Clause D of the Draft Resolution of His Majesty’s Government brought by Sir Stafford Cripps subject to the following modifications:-
(1) The total strength of the body shall be 160 distributed as follows: Special interests, viz., Commerce and Industry, land-holders, universities, labour and women, 16 Hindus, excluding Scheduled Castes, 51 Muslims, 51 Scheduled Castes, 20 Indian Christians, 7 Sikhs, 8 Backward areas and tribes, 3 Anglo-Indians, 2 Europeans, 1 Others.
(2) It is because Clause D of H.M.G.’s Declaration provides for election by a joint electorate composed of members of all the Provincial Legislatures under the system of proportional representation, that the Committee has decided to recommend that, in spite of the disparity in the population strengths between Muslims and Hindus other than Scheduled Castes, the Hindu community should, in the interests of promoting communal unity, agree that the representation of the Muslim community on the Constitution-making body shall be on a par with that given to Hindus other than Scheduled Castes.
(3) No decision shall be valid unless it is supported by 3/4ths of the members present and voting.
(4) His Majesty’s Government shall enact the Constitution on the basis of the valid decisions of the Constitution-making Body supplemented wherever necessary by its own awards on matters in which the requisite majority for decision was not forthcoming.