9. Draft Constitution as published in the Gazette of India, dated 26th February 1948 with Dr. Ambedkar’s letter dated 21st February 1948 to Dr. Rajendra Prasad,President of the Constituent Assembly of India

162 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

194 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948

Term of office of Governor.

Eligibility for re-election/re-appointment as Governor.

Qualifications for election as Governor.

or, where there is a Legislative Council in the State, by all the members of the Legislative Assembly and of the Legislative Council of the State assembled at a joint meeting, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.

The Governor shall hold office for a term of *five years from the date on which he enters upon his office:

Provided that—

(a) a Governor may, by resignation under his hand addressed to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the State or where there are two Houses of the Legislature of the State, to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman of the Legislative Council of the State, resign his office;

(b) a Governor may, for **violation of the Constitution, be removed from office by impeachment in the manner provided in article 137 of this Constitution;

(c) a Governor shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office.

***133. A person who holds, or who has held, office as Governor shall be eligible for re-election/reappointment to that office once, but only once.

(1) No person shall be eligible for election as Governor unless he is a citizen of India and has completed the age of thirty five years.

*The Committee is of opinion that the term of office of the Governor should be five years instead of four years in view of the change suggested by the Committee in the life of the Assembly from four years to five years.

**The Committee is of opinion that the Governor should be impeached only for violation of the Constitution as in the case of the President and not for any misbehaviour.

***If the second alternative is adopted in article 131, the word “re-appointment” will have to be used in this article instead of the word “re-election”

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