254 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
286 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Legislature in any State for the time being specified in Part I of the First Schedule may be initiated by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in the Legislative Assembly of the State or, where the State has a Legislative Council, in either House of the 5 Legislature of the State, and when the Bill is passed by the Legislative Assembly or, where the State has a Legislative Council, by both Houses of the Legis- lature of the State, by a majority of the total mem- bership of the Assembly or each House, as the case 10 may be, it shall be submitted to Parliament for ra- tification, and when it is ratified by each House of Parliament by a majority of the total membership of that House it shall be presented to the President for assent and upon such assent being given to the 15 Bill, the Constitution shall stand amended in accord- ance with the terms of the Bill.
Explanation.—Where a group of States is for the time being specified in Part III of the First Sche- dule, the entire group shall be deemed to be a single 20 State for the purposes of the proviso to clause (1) of this article.
“Reservation 305. Notwithstanding anything contained in of seats for article 304 of this Constitution, the provisions of this minorities to Constitution relating to the reservation of seats for 25 remain inforce the Muslims, the Scheduled Castes, the scheduled for only ten tribes or the Indian Christians either in Parliament years unless or in the Legislature of any State for the time being continued in specified in Part I of the First Schedule shall not be operation by amended during a period of ten years from the com- 30 amendment of mencement of this Constitution and shall cease to the Constitu- have effect on the expiration of that period unless tion. continued in operation by an amendment of the Constitution.