DRAFT CONSTITUTION 803
ARTICLE 269
- Mr . President : There are some amendments which are printed in the II Volume of the printed amendments on page 313. Then we shall take up amendment No. 107 by Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in clause (1) of article 269, the words and figures ‘for the time being specified in Part I of the First Schedule’, be omitted.”
“That in clause (1) of article 269, for the words ‘revenues of the State’ the words ‘Consolidated Fund of the State’, be substituted.”
“That with reference to amendment No. 2972 of the List of Amendments, for clause (2) of article 269, the following clause be substituted :—
‘(2) The Government of India may, subject to such conditions as may be laid down by or under any law made by Parliament, make loans to any State or, so long as any limits fixed under article 26S of this Constitution are not exceeded, give guarantees in respect of loans raised by any State, and any sums required for the purpose of making such loans shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India.’ ”
The important change by my amendment No. 107 is that originally the Government of India was given a free hand in this matter ; now the action, of the Government of India is subject to such conditions as may be laid down by or under any law made by Parliament.
Sir, I move :
“That in clause (3) of article 269, the- words and figures ‘for the time being specified in Part I or Part in of the First Schedule’ be omitted.”
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think. Sir, any reply is called for.
[Article 269, as amended by Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment was adopted and added to the Constitution]
ARTICLES 5 AND 6
† Mr . President : We have now to take up articles 5 and 6 of the original draft. I find there is a veritable jungle of amendments, something like 130 or 140 amendments, to these two articles. I suggest that the best course will be for Dr. Ambedkar to move the articles in the form in which he has finally framed them and I shall then take up the amendments to this amended draft. Both 5 and 6 go together, I think, Dr. Ambedkar.
Prof. K. T. Shah : May I know what happens to the amendments in the Printed List 7 They have all been tabled as amendments to the
- CAD, Vol. IX, dated 10th August 1949, pp. 340-42.
† Ibid., pp. 343-44.