DRAFT CONSTITUTION 345
*Mr. Vice-President : The question is :
“That Article 3, as amended, form part of the Constitution.”
The Motion was adopted.
ARTICLE 4
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad (Bengal : Muslim) : Sir, I beg to move :
“That the words ‘of this Constitution’ he deleted in clause (1) of article 4 and throughout the Draft Constitution wherever the said words occur in the same context; and a now definition (bb) he inserted in clause (1) of article 303 :—
‘(bb) “article” means article of this Constitution’.”
[This was followed by speech.]
Mr. Vice-President : The Honourable Member may move all his amendments to Article 4, one after the other up to amendment No. 181 on the order paper, and be as brief as possible.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad: Sir, I move:
“That in clause (1) of article 4, for the words ‘article 2 or article 3’, the words and figures ‘ article 2 or 3’, be substituted.”
I submit that the word ‘article’ need not be repealed as it is done in clause (1) and, in fact in many places in this Draft Constitution.
Then I move:
“That in clause (1) of article 4, for the winds and figures ‘article 2 or article
3’, the word and figure ‘article 3’ he substituted.”
I move next :
“That in clause (1) of article 4, for the words ‘shall contain such provisions for’, the words ‘shall also provide for’ he substituted.”
This is very simple amendment.
I now move my last amendment to this article :
“That in clause (2) of article 4, for the words ‘for the purposes of’, the words ‘within the meaning of’ be substituted.”
This is only a verbal amendment.
Mahboob Ali Baig Sahib Bahadur (madras : Muslim) : Sir, I move amendment No. 184 :
“That in clause (2) of article 4. for the words ‘ for the purposes of article
304’, the words ‘under article 304’ be substituted.”
The retention of the existing words will lead to some sort of complication. Therefore we should substitute the words ‘under article 304’.
Shri H. V. Kamath : Mr. Vice-President, by your leave, I shall make a very brief observation on amendment No. 177 of my Honourable
*CAD, (Official Report), Vol. VII. 18th November 1948, pp. 465-66.