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74 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Amendment of section 83 of Bom. III of 1874. —This section shall be substituted in place of section 83—
After the passing of the Act, Government shall make rules, except as is otherwise provided for in section 18. Laying down the duties that are to appertain to any hereditary office :
Provided that the rules so made shall not come into operation until the same are previously published in the Bombay Government Gazette for one month previous to the next session of the Bombay Legislative Council and shall be liable to be rescinded or modified by a resolution of the said Council tabled at the next session thereof.
Statement of Objects and Reasons
The objects of this bill are : —
To make better provision for the remuneration of the officiating watandars.
To allow commutation of watans of inferior hereditary village servants.
To provide for the conversion of Baluta into money cess.
To allow the holder of inferior watan to free himself from the obligations to serve the ryots.
To define the duties of officiating watandars.
(Signed) B. R. A MBEDKAR
G. S. RAJADHYAKSHA, Acting Secretary to the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay.
Bombay, 13th April, 1928
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