684 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
ARTICLE 173
- Mr . President : ...Dr. Ambedkar may move the next amendment, No. 2464.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in clause (4) of article 173, alter the words ‘deemed to have been passed’ the words by ‘both Houses in the form in which it was passed’ be inserted.”
[The amendment of Dr. Ambedkar was accepted.]
Article 173, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 174
† Mr. President: Dr. Ambedkar, there are two amendments in your name Nos. 69 and 70 of List I. These are only to bring this article into line with the provisions which we have already adopted.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for sub-clause (c) and (d) of clause (1) of article 174, the following be substituted :
(c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund or the Contingency fund of the State, the payment of moneys into or the withdrawal of moneys from any such fund;
‘(d) the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the State’.”
and also —
“That in sub-clause (e) and (f) of clause (1) of article 174, for the words ‘revenue of the State ‘the words ‘Consolidated Fund of the State’ be substituted.”
‡Mr. President: There are no other amendments to this article. I shall now put it to vote.
Shri H. V. Kamath : Does not Dr. Ambedkar want to say anything in the matter ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : All I can say is that I shall look into the matter when we take up the revision of the Constitution.
[Dr. Ambedkar’s amendments were adopted.]
#Shri H. V. Kamath : As Dr. Ambedkar has promised to look into the matter, I will leave it to his wisdom. He might exercise it at a later stage.
Mr. President : Both the amendments ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: There is only one amendment.
Shri H. V. Kamath : May I ask which one he promised to look into ? Perhaps he will make it clear.
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 10th June 1949, p. 782.
† Ibid., pp. 782-83.
‡ Ibid., p. 783.