Colony

(12) "Colony"(a)in any Central Act passed after the commencement Ist April, 1937. of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, shall mean any part of His Majestys dominions exclusive of the British Islands, the Dominions of India and Pakistan (and before the establishment 15th August, 1947. of those Dominions, British India), any Dominions as defined in the Statute of Westminster, 1931, any Province or State forming part of any of the said Dominions, and British Burma; and(b)in any Central Act passed before the commencement of Part III of the said Act, mean any part of His Majestys dominions exclusive of the British Islands and of British India,and in either case where parts of those dominions are under both a Central and Local Legislature, all parts under the Central Legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one colony;