DRAFT CONSTITUTION 465
ARTICLE 46
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I am prepared to accept the amendment of Mr. Sharma, i.e., No. 1098, for the deletion of the words “once, but only once”.
With regard to Mr. Kamath’s amendment, I think the proper time when this matter could be discussed will be when the issue as to the qualifications of the person standing for Presidentship is raised.
To Mr. Tyagi I may say that in view of the deletion of the words “once, but only once”, his fears about the Vice-President are groundless.
Mr. Vice-President : I shall now put the amendments one by one to the vote. Amendment No. 1098. The question is :
“That in article 46 the words ‘one, hut only once’ be deleted.”
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Vice-President : Then amendment No. 1100.
Shri H. V. Kamath : In view of Dr. Ambedkar’s statement, I do not want to press it.
The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.
Mr. Vice-President: Then Mr. Tyagi’s amendment. It does not arise after Dr. Ambedkar’s speech, but some pandit of technicalities might say that I did not put it to the vote. So I want to know if Mr. Tyagi withdraws it or not.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : Sir, I withdraw it.
The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.
Mr. Vice-President : The question is :
That article 46, as amended, form part of the Constitution.
The motion was adopted.
Article 46, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
*CAD, Vol. VII, 13th December 1948. p. 1024.