By the Act of 1935, responsible government was established in the provinces. Removing the diarchy, they were provided autonomy. All the provincial subjects were kept under the control of ministers who were the members of legislative assemblies and were collectively responsible to the legislative assembly. It was also decided that the cabinet would work on the basis of the principle of collective responsibility.

But this type of governance in the provinces was imperfect. According to the Act, though the provinces were given autonomy, yet there was a gap due to the discretionary and retaining powers of governor and also the governor-general. The central governance had such types of powers that they could interfere at large in the working of the provinces. The subject of law and order was kept under the provinces but the liability to maintain peace in the state was kept under the governor.

Under cover of this liability, governor could suppress the movements and throttle civil liberties. The position of ministers was weak. There was a lack of collective responsibility. In this way, it can be said that the responsible government in the provinces was imperfect.