DRAFT CONSTITUTION 1059
*Shri Brajeshwar Prasad : Sir, now the time is seven o’clock.
Seth Govind Das : There is so much still to be done that I do not think that we shall be able to finish It. So, I propose that either we should sit at nine o’clock tonight and go on till twelve o’clock or we may sit tomorrow morning.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: We have got only three articles.
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari: We have only three articles, two of which are of a formal nature.
Mr. President: I think it would be very inconvenient to adjourn now and come back again to the House. So we have to sit until we finish or we have to sit tomorrow.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We have got two or three articles and I am sure they are non-contentious and it would not take even half an hour.
Seth Govind Das : I do not think we can finish in one hour. There is the question of the name of the country in article I to be settled. I do not think we shall be able to finish all these.
Mr. President: The majority of the House seems to think that we shall continue. Am I correct ?
Many Honourable Members : Yes, Sir.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We can finish the thing.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : It cannot be done. There is article 1 and unless the sweets are arranged by Dr. Ambedkar, the namkaranam ceremony cannot be done today.
A RTICLE 99
Mr. President: Then we shall take articles 99 and 184.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move.
“That for article 99, the following article be substituted :—
‘99. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part XIVA of this constitution but subject to the provisions of article Language to be used in Parliament. 301-F thereof, business in Parliament shall be translated in Hindi or in English.
Provided that the Chairman of the Council of States or Speaker of the House of the People or person acting as such, as the case may be, may permit any member, who cannot adequately express himself in either of the languages aforesaid to address the House in the mother tongue.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 17th September 1949, p. 1665.
† Ibid., p. 1666.