[1] The term of the Legislative Council elected in 1940 was due to end in 1943, but was extended by a year by the Governor.
For Europeans and Indo-Fijians, three of the five representatives were elected from single-member constituencies, with the other two appointed by the Governor.
All five Fijian members were appointed from a list of ten candidates submitted by the Great Council of Chiefs.
They had to be a British subject or from British India, have lived continuously in the Fiji for at least two years, be able to read or write in English, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu, and for the previous six months, have either owned property with an annual value of five years, had a net annual cash income of at least £75, or held a Government or municipal licence worth at least £5 annually.
[3] Special provision for overseas voting was set up for Fijian civil servants and military personnel serving outside the territory.