714 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
ARTICLE 272
- The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in article 272, after the word and figure ‘Part I’ in the two places where they occur, the words and figures ‘or Part III’ he inserted.”
†Mr. President : Would you like to speak, Dr. Ambedkar ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I think Mr. Munshi has clearly explained and I do not like to add anything to it. The amendment was adopted. Article 272, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 273
‡Mr. President : We take up 273. Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move :
“That in clause (1) of article 273, after the word and figure ‘Part I’ the words and figures ‘or Part III’ be inserted.
That with reference to amendment No. 201 above, in clause (l)of article 273, after the word ‘Governor’ in the two places where it occurs, the words ‘or the Ruler’ be inserted.
That with reference to amendment No. 201 above, in clause (2) of article 273, for the word ‘the Governor of a state’ the words ‘the Governor or the Ruler’ be substituted.”
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, my Honourable
Friend Mr. Kamath had something to say about the use of the word “assurances”, and I think his argument was that we were using the word “contracts” in one place and “assurances” in another. “Assurance” is a very old word in English conveyancing; it was used and is being used to cover all kinds of transfers and therefore the word “assurance” includes the word “contract”. So there is no difficulty if both these words are used because assurance as a transfer of property has the significance of a contract.
Shri H. V. Kamath : My difficulty was about the language. The article starts with “all contracts” and then we have “all such contracts and all assurances of property”, etc.
*CAD, Vol. VIII, 15th Tune 1949, p. 893.
† Ibid., 895.
‡ Ibid, p. 895.