898 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
similar power with regard to their own members. I do not think that the whole power should be concentrated in the Centre. I should have thought that if Parliament passes an Act defining the privileges, immunities and powers of its members, the State Legislatures will probebly follow suit and copy the thing verbatin with such minor amendments as they think desirable.
[Dr. Ambedkar’s motion was adopted. Amendment by Dr. Deshmukh was rejected. Entry 69 and 69-A, as amended were added to the Union List]
ENTRY 70
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That at the end of entry 70 of List I, the words ‘or Commissions appointed by Parliament’ be added.”
As it stands, the entry refers only to Committees.
Mr. President : I do not think that there is any other amendment to
[The motion was adopted. Entry 70, as amended, was added to the Union List]
ENTRY 70A
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That after entry 70 of List I, the following entry be inserted :— ‘70A. The sanctioning of cinematograph films for exhibition.’ ”
This entry was originally placed in the concurrent List. It is now proposed to put it in List I.
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, Sir, the object bringing this entry which was originally in the Concurrent List to the Union List is two-fold firstly to prescribe as far as possible a uniform standard for sanction of films; and secondly, to prevent an injury being done to any producer of a film whose film may not be sanctioned by any particular province by reason of some idiosyncracy or by reason of some standards which are of an extraordinary character and do not conform to general standards which ought to be prevalent in a matter of sanctioning of Cinematograph. Therefore, I think it is very necessary that this matter of sanctioning instead of being distributed between the Centre and provinces so that each
*CAD, Vol. IX, 31st August 1949, p. 820.
† Ibid., p. 821.
‡ Ibid, p. 824.