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The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am afraid you have not examined the General Clauses Act.
Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor : It is no use introducing some provision without carefully scrutinising it.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It had better be left to the draftsmen as to what is necessary and what is not.
Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor : I agree that any necessary corrections should be left to the Drafting Committee. But there is no harm in submitting a mistake if it is a mistake.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I refuse to accept, it is a mistake.
Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor : I know it is not easy to convince you.
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I have said what I had to say and after having seen the General Clauses Act right here, I am quite convinced that the amendment I have moved is a very necessary amendment.
Mr. President : The question is :
“That in clause (2) of article 303, the following words be added at the end :—
‘as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of the Legislature of the Dominion of India.’ “
(The amendment was adopted)
Mr. President : Then clause (3). There is amendment No. 156.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in clause (3) of article 303—
(i) after the word and figure ‘ Part I’ the words and Figures ‘ or Part III’ be inserted.
(ii) for the words ‘as the case may be, to an Ordinance made by a Governor’ the words ‘to an Ordinance made by a Governor or Ruler, as the case may be’ be substituted.”
It is purely consequential.
The amendment was adopted.
[Article 303, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 304
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for article 304, the following be substituted :—
*CAD, Vol. IX, 17th September 1949, pp. 1641-1642.
† Ibid., p. 1643.