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Mr. Vice-President : I shall now put amendment No. 1379 to vote.
“That for clause (1) of article 67, the following be substituted :
‘(1) The Council of States shall consist of not more than two hundred and fifty members of whom—
(a) twelve members shall be nominated by the President in the manner provided in clause (2) of this article; and
(b) the remainder shall be representative of the States.’
The amendment was adopted.
*Mr. Vice-President : I shall put amendment No. 1375, standing in the name of Dr. Ambedkar, to vote. It reads.
“That the proviso to clause (1) of article 67 be deleted.”
Shri L. Krishnaswami Bharathi: On a point of Order, Sir, Amendment No. 1375 is out of order in view of the fact that we have already adopted amendment No. 1369 which is a substitution of the clause including the proviso. The proviso has been omitted now by the acceptance of the new clause. There is no point in having an amendment about something which is not in existence.
Mr. Vice-President: Then I shall not put it to vote.
[Five amendments as shown below were adopted, 23 amendments were negatived.]
Amendment No. 1378 :
“That the following new clause be added after clause (1) of article 67 :
“(1-a) The allocation of seats to representatives of the States in the Council of States shall be in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in Schedule III-B.’ ”
The amendment was adopted.
Amendment No. 1380. (by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar)
“That for clause (2) of article 67, the following be substituted :
“(2) The members to he nominated by the President under sub-clause (a) of Clause (1) of this article shall consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely : ‘ Letters, art, science and social services.’ ”
The amendment was adopted.
Amendment No. 1400.
“That at the end of sub-clause (a) of clause (3) of article 67, the following words be added :
‘in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.’ ”
The amendment was adopted.
- CAD, Vol. VII, 3rd January 1949, pp. 1229-31.