DRAFT CONSTITUTION 859
Honourable Member : Yes.
Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor : May I suggest that in all the places where we have the words “affirmation or oath” we may have the ‘oath’ first and ‘affirmation’ afterwards. It should be so in the substantive clause also.
Mr. President: That is so. It should be put in the same order wherever the expression occurs.
Mr. President : The question is :
“That with reference to amendment No. 56 of List I ( Fifth Week) of Amendments to Amendments, in the Third Schedule, in Form I of the Declarations, for the words ‘ all manner of people ‘ the words ‘ all people ‘ be substituted.”
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad: This may be left to the Drafting Committee.
Mr. President : It is not pressed. So I take it that it is dropped.
Mr. President : The question is :
“That in Form VI of the Forms of Declarations in the Third Schedule, the words ‘or as may be specially permitted by the Governor in the case of any matter pertaining to the functions to be exercised by him in his discretion’ be omitted.”
(The amendment was adopted.)
Mr. President : I do not think it is necessary to put the other amendments to vote, because the voting will be the same as with regard to the other amendments.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : They may be formally put and rejected by the House.
*Mr. President : Then I put the proposition moved by Dr. Ambedkar, as amended by Mr. Kamath’s amendment and Dr. Ambedkar’s own amendment, with regard to all these forms. I do not think it is necessary to read them separately.
(The motion was adopted.)
Mr. President : The question is :
“That the Third Schedule, as amended, stand part of the Constitution.”
The motion was adopted.
The Third Schedule as amended, was added to the Constitution.
†Mr. President : I do not think the Member has any justification for supposing that other members do not study the amendments.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I have been assured by some very serious Members that they have not read the amendments. Therefore, in view of
*CAD, Vol. IX, 26th August 1949, p. 717.
† Ibid., 29th August 1949, p. 721.