DRAFT CONSTITUTION 573
Mr. President : The Speaker will have to depend upon the delegation of authority.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We have to depend upon the goodwill of all the functionaries created by the Constitution.
[Amendment of Dr. Ambedkar as shown above was adopted. Article 81 was added to the Constitution]
ARTICLE 82
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, Sir, I beg to move :
“That after clause (1) of article 82, the following new clause be inserted :—
‘ 1. (a) No person shall he a member both of Parliament and of the Legislature of a State for the time being specified in Part I or Part III of the First Schedule, and if a person is chosen a member both of Parliament and of the Legislature of such a State, then at the expiration of such period as may be specified in rules made by the President that person’s seat in Parliament shall become vacant unless he has previously resigned his seat in the Legislature of the State .’
Sir, it requires no comment. It is the ordinary rule.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not accept any of the amendments of Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad or of Mr. Kamath either.
Mr. President : I shall now put the amendments to vote one after another.
[Amendment of Dr. Ambedkar alone as given above was accepted. Article
82, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 83
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, Sir, I move :
“ That for sub-clause (d) of clause (1) of article 83, the following be substituted :
‘(d) If he has ceased to be a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgement of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State and.’ ”
#Mr. President : There is one point which I would like the Drafting Committee to consider in this case. If we refer to clause (2) of this article, there is no mention of Chairman or Vice-Chairman, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of People. They also hold positions of profit. They are also paid officers.
- CAD, Vol. VIII, 19th May 1949, p. 133
† Ibid, p. 136.
‡ Ibid., p. 138.