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State from making any law relating to libel, stander, defamation or any matter which offends against decency or morality or which undermines the security of, or tends to overthrow, the State.”
(iii) “That with reference to amendment No. 454 of the List of amendments—
(i) in clauses (3), (4), (5) and (6) of article 13. after the words “any existing law” the words “in so far as it imposes” be inserted, and
(ii) in clause (6) of article 13, after the words “in particular” the words “nothing in the said clause shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it prescribes or empowers any authority to prescribe, or prevent the State from making any law” be inserted.”
(iv) “That in clauses (3), (4), (5) and (6) of article 13, before the word “restrictions” the word “resonable “ be inserted.”
(v) “That in clause (4) of article 13, for the words “the general public” the words “public order or morality” be substituted.”
(vi) “That in clause (5) of article 13, for the word “aboriginal” the word “Scheduled” be substituted.”
(vii) “That in clause (6) of article 13. for the words “morality or health” the words “the general public” be substituted.”
Article 13 was added to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 14
*Shri T. T. Krishnamachari (Madras : General) : Mr. VicePresident, Sir, the point I have to place before the House happens to be a comparatively narrow one....
I recognise that I am rather late now to move an amendment. What I would like to do is to word the clause thus : ‘No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.’ If my Honourable Friend Dr. Ambedkar will accept the addition of the words ‘prosecuted and’ before the word ‘punished’ and if you. Sir. and the House will give him permission to do so, it will not merely be a wise tiling to do but it will save a lot of trouble for the Governments of the future. That is the suggestion I venture to place before the House. It is for the House to deal with it in whatever manner it deems fit.
Mr. Vice-President: Does the House give the permission asked for by Shri T. T. Krishnamachari ?
Honourable Members : Yes.
Mr. Vice-President : Now I will call upon Dr. Ambedkar to move the amendment suggested by Shri T. T. Krishnamachari.
*CAD. Vol. VII. 2nd December, 1948. pp. 795-97.