870 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
of nations, not merely on the high seas and is the air but also on land. In other words, the States will have no kind of power so far as the second part of the entry is conderned. I, therefore, submit that the entry as proposed carries the intention of the draftsman and no amendment is necessary.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The honourable Member has not heard me. What about offences committed against the law of nations, which is neither on land, nor on high seas, nor in the air, but in the low seas?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It can only be in his imagination, it cannot be anywhere else.
Sardar Hukam Singh (East Punjab : Sikh) : If piracies are not dissociated from the remaining items, then would these words ‘in the air’ also qualify the word ‘piracy’ ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : There may be piracies in the air also.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Piracies are always on water, never on land or in the air,
Mr. President : I will now put the amendments to vote.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I would like only the last one to be put to vote.
[Except the amendment of Dr. Ambedkar, other amendments were negatived Entry 22, as amended was added to the Union List.]
ENTRY 26
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 26 of List I the following be substituted :—
‘26. Import or export across customs frontiers; definition of customs fron tiers.’ ”
This is just a re-arrangement of the original entry.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : ...The word “and” in “import and export” in my amendment is most important. As I have said already this is more or less of a drafting nature and therefore I would leave it to the Drafting Committee to deal with it without having my motion put to the House.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I am content with clarity and I do not wish to run after elegance.
[The amendment was adopted. Entry 26, as amended, was added to the Union List.]
*CAD, Vol. IX, 30th August 1949, p. 752.