1140 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Before my honourable Friend proceeds further, I would like to point out that the words “and any failure to comply with such directions shall be deemed to be a failure to carry on the Government of the State in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution” have been omitted from article 371 which corresponds to the original article 306-B.
Pandit Hirday Nath Kunzru : Then I stand corrected in that respect. If article 365 is deleted as proposed by my honourable Friend, Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava, then the Drafting Committee can revert to the old draft of article 306-B. Apart from this, Sir, since this question has been referred to by Dr. Ambedkar, I should like to point out that article
306-B in the Constitution as amended by the Constituent Assembly, which corresponds to article 371 in the present Draft of the Constitution that we are discussing now, is of limited duration. It will remain in operation for ten years only, and this provision cannot be referred to as a justification for introducing a new provision in the Constitution that will be permanent.
Sir, I was referring to articles 353 and 360 when my honourable Friend, Dr. Ambedkar, pointed out to me the change that had been made in the draft of article 306-B.
Shri H. V. Kamath : May I point out that article 371 provides for a period longer than ten years also ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : “Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution ‘during a period of ten years from the commencement thereof, or during such longer or shorter period as Parliament may be law provide...” etc.‡
*Shri Mahavir Tyagi : Sir, I hope President means the President of the Constituent Assembly, and not the ‘Governmental President’.
Mr. President: There is no other President except the President of the Union.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I propose to explain this matter in my reply. Mr. Sidhva may conclude his remarks.
† The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in sub-clause (b) of clause (1) of article 72, for the words ‘offence under any law’ the words ‘offence against any law’ be substituted.”
*CAD, Official Report, Vol. X, 15th November 1949, p. 525.
† Ibid., p. 536.
‡Dots indicate interruption.