	The Act of 1909 created non-official majority in all the Provincial Legislative Councils, but maintained official majority in the Central Legislative Council. The 1909 Act also for the first time gave members of the Council power to move resolutions on any matter of general public interest and to divide the Council upon them. This was the beginning of non-official resolution. The first resolution under the rules was moved on 25 February 1910 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale recommending prohibition of indentured labour for Natal in South Africa. On the Rowlatt Bill, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya spoke for two and a half hours. Similarly, on Indemnity Bill he spoke for four hours continously and in all, he spent six and a half hours speaking on the Bill. It was very rare that non-official members could have their way. Still, they made their presence felt by moving amendments, resolutions and asking questions. The Rules of the Council framed in 1909 also enlarged the scope of discussion on the Budget. The Budget was considered in two stages.
	The presentation of a preliminary budget called the financial statement was followed by a general discussion. Some item of expenditure such as that of the Army were however treated as non votable. The right to put questions for seeking information from the Government was provided in 1892 but right to ask supplementary questions was not conceded until 1909. Though non-official members were  in no position to defeat government measures in the Council, they took question procedure very seriously. So, it will be employed to react in a situation where there is a terrorist attack or a terrorirst threat on the establishment or installation. CISF will be in command of the security. The Act of created majority.
