DRAFT CONSTITUTION 1067
Mr. President : I will first put the amendment of Dr. Deshmukh to vote.
The question is :
“That in amendment No. 12 of List I (First Week), in the proposed new article
310-B, after the words ‘commencement of this Constitution’ wherever they occur, the words ‘whose services have not, for any reason, been terminated be inserted.”
The amendment was negativated.
Mr. President: I will now put the articles contained in the amendment of Dr. Ambedkar one by one to vote.
[All amendments of Dr. Ambedkar were carried Articles 310-A and 310-B were added to the constitution.]
ARTICLE 311-A
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That after article 311, the following new article be inserted :
‘311A. (1) Such person as the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion of India shall Provisions as to Provisional have elected in this behalf shall be the Provisional President President of India until a President has been elected in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter I of Part V of this Constitution and has entered upon his office.
(2) In the event of the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the Provisional President by reason of his death, resignation, or removal, or otherwise, it shall be filled by a person elected in this behalf by the Provisional Parliament functioning under article 311 of this Constitution, and until a person is so elected, the Chief Justice of India shall act as the Provisional President’.”
Mr. President : There are two amendments to this. One is for the deletion of the word “provisional” before the word “President”.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in amendment No. 28 of List II (First Week), in clause (1) of the proposed article 311 A the word ‘Provisional’ be deletedd.”
“That in amendment No. 28 of List II (First Week), in clause (2) of the proposed article 311 A, for the words ‘provisional President’ in the first place where they occur, the words ‘President so elected by the Constituent Assembly of the Dominion of India’, be substituted.”
“That in amendment No. 28 of List II (First Week), in clause ( 2 ) of the proposed article 311 A, for the words ‘the provisional President’ in the second place where they occur, the word ‘President’ be substituted.”
Dr. P. S. Deshmukh : Since the principle underlying my amendment has been accepted, I do not see any reason for moving my amendment.
Mr. President : The article and the amendments are now open to discussion.
†Prof. Shibban Lal Saksena : Mr. President, Sir, ...I hope Dr. Ambedkar will see the reasonableness of this suggestion and will omit the
*CAD, Vol. X, 7th October 1949, p. 9.
† Ibid., p. 10.