matters within the jurisdiction in the 'transferred' list in of provincial Government, every province as the progress including Law, Justice and and conditions of each province Police but where the Government may justify and that none is not satisfied with the mentioned in the Illustrative decision of the Legislative List No. 11 appended to the Council in respect of matters Report should, as far as relating to Law, Justice and possible, be 'reserved' in any Police, it shall be open to the province. Government to refer the matter to the Government of India. The IX (c) The Legislative Councils Government of India may refer should have the right to elect the matter to the Indian their own Presidents and Legislature and the ordinary Vice-Presidents. procedure shall follow. But if Grand Committees are instituted, VIII (b) The elected element in this Congress is of opinion, the Provincial Legislative that not less than one-half of Councils should be four-fifths the strength shall be elected by of the total strength of the the Legislative Assembly. Councils at least in the more advanced provinces. 4. The proportion of elected members in the Legislative IX. 1 (a) It should be provided Council shall be four fifths. that when a Council is dissolved by the Governor, a fresh ELECTIONS election should be held and the new Council summoned not later 5. Whenever the Legislative than four months after the Assembly, the Council of State, dissolution. or the Legislative Council is dissolved, it shall be VIII (a) The Franchise should be obligatory on the Government as as wide and the composition of the case may be, to order the the Legislative Council should necessary elections, and to be as liberal as circumstances resummon the body dissolved may admit in each province, the within a period of three months number of representatives of the from the date of dissolution. general territorial electorates being fixed in every case at not 6. The Legislative Assembly less than one-half of the whole should have power to make or council. modify its own rules of business and they shall not require the (c) The franchise should be so sanction of the broad and the electorates so Governor-General. devised as to secure to all classes of tax-payers their due 7. There should be an obligation representation by election and to convene meetings of the the interests of those