692 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
in Part III. Therefore so far as regards laws made by Parliament or the Legislatures of States in Part III before the commencement, they will in the first instance be saved from the operation of article 231 but they will also be subject to the provisions of article 307 dealing with adaptation.
[Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment, as mentioned earlier was accepted. Article
231, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 232
*Mr. President : We take up article 232.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move :
“That the heading to article 232 ‘Restriction on Legislative Powers’ be omitted.”
With your permission I move my new amendment:
“(i) That after the word and figure ‘Part I’ the words and figures ‘or Part III’ be inserted ; and
(ii) after clause (a) of article 232, the following clause be inserted :—
‘(aa) where the recommendation required was that of the Ruler, either by the Ruler or by the President’.”
Now Sir, I have come to understand that there is some sentimental objection to the use of the word ‘ruler’. I am prepared to yield to that sentiment and what I therefore propose is that the House should accept this amendment for the moment and leave the matter to the Drafting Committee to find a better word to replace the word ‘ruler’. Otherwise the whole of the article would have to be unnecessarily held over for no other reason except that we cannot find at the moment a better word to substitute for the word ‘ruler’.
[All the above amendments of Dr. Ambedkar were adopted. Article 232, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 234
Mr. President : We take up No. 234.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
That the following new clause be added to article 234 :—
(3) Where by virtue of any direction given to a State as to the construction or maintenance of any means of communication under the last precending clause of this article costs have been incurred in excess of those which would have been incurred in the discharge of the normal duties of the State if such direction had not been given, there shall be paid by the Government of India to the State such sum as may be agreed or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of India in respect of the extra costs so incurred by the State.
[The amendment was adopted. Article 234, as amended was added to the Constitution.]
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 13th June 1949, p. 815.
† Ibid., p. 816.