630 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. President : There is the amendment of Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad, No.
2403, hut that is covered by the one now moved. No. 2404.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I move :
“Thai clause (2) of article 166 be deleted.”
*Mr. President: I shall put the amendments moved by Dr. Ambedkar, one by one.
Shri H. V. Kamath : Will not Dr. Ambedkar answer the point raised by me ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not consider it necessary.
[All amendments by Dr. Ambedkar mentioned hereinbefore were accepted. Article 166, was added to the Constitution.]
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ARTICLE 167
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for sub-clause ( d ) of clause (1) of article 167, the following be substituted :—
‘( d ) if he has ceased to he 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’.”
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : What will be our position in regard to England, now that we are in the Commonwealth ? Will our allegiance to the King be also a disqualification ?
Mr. President: That is a matter of interpretation of the Constitution.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That will be dealt with by the Nationality Act.
(Amendments Nos. 2420 to 2423 were not moved.)
Shri H. V. Kamath : I think my amendment No. 2424 is a purely verbal amendment and I leave it to the Drafting Committee.
Mr. President : I think it is of a substantial nature.
Shri H. V. Kamath : If that be so, I will move it.
I move :
“That in sub-clause ( d ) of clause (I) of article 167, after the semi-colon at the end, the word ‘or’ be added.”
...Whether the word ‘and’ is deleted, or in its place ‘or’ is substituted, more or less comes to the samething, according to my untrained mind. Thai is why I said I leave it to the wise men of the drafting Committee, because I am a mere novice in these matters. I
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 2nd June 1948, p. 568.
† Ibid ., pp. 570-71.