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Though the Act of 1919 was superseded by that of 1935, the preamble to the former was not repealed- the preservation of the smile of the Cheshire cat after its disappearance, and the latter said nothing about Dominion Status. Elucidate.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Constitutional Developments in Colonial India, 1858-1935

The image of Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, whose grin lingered after its body had vanished, captures precisely the constitutional oddity of 1935: a statute that repealed the whole body of the 1919 Act while leaving its promissory preamble legally intact.

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  • The 1919 Preamble as an Unfulfilled Promissory Note
  • Why the 1935 Act Kept the Grin but Buried the Cat
  • The Deafening Silence on Dominion Status
  • Substance Behind the Symbolism: The Federal and Provincial Provisions

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