The presentation to Parliament of the draft Instruments of Instructions to the Governor-General and Gov-lorners under the proposed new Indian Constitution arises out of the White Paper's decision—endorsed by the Joint Committee—to give those formal documents "a position of great an importance as ancillary to the Constitution Act" The. instruments. in the past have been of immense value their respective addressees, in that they have provided guidance for the general attitude of the Governor-General (Viceroy) or Governor in exercising his constitutional rights Jand his prerogatives as the representtative of the Crown. They have not, however, been definitely" associated with specific executive actions in relation to the Constitution. Lord Willingdon, "when Governor—of Madras, was the first to perceive how the Instrument of Instructions could be. effectively used to dispose of anomalies encountered in the practical working of the Constitution. This Jenabled him to take the historic step of "using dyarchy to.abolish dyarchy"—as his critics alleged—in that, from the first, he treated his Executive Councillors and Ministers as members of a single Cabinet. The success Behleved in Madras in the carly days of the present Constitution arose directly from this stroke of gealus. [Perhaps it inspired the framers of the rew Constitution to make this important extension of the scope of the Instrument. However, the Joint Committee's Report observed that the [White Paper introduced new method for which, as far as aware. no exact precedent 15 Yo be found, but which is not to be Fastily rejected on that account, It repotes that' the Constitution Act Shall declare that for certain specified have.
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