920 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
to make laws for this purpose. And therefore it was necessary specifically to give this power. I think we would unnecessarily casting doubts upon the validity of laws already made. Therefore, this is an additional ground against accepting the amendment. In the first place, as I have said it is unnecessary because the provinces have got sufficient power to make such laws and the other is this question of validity of laws made.
Now I come to the third part. My Friend Mr. Tyagi has been struggling to some extent when I was dealing with the question of cantonments to remove the power of allowing cantonments to regulate rents and the premises within their areas. If my friend’s intention is that by getting this entry accepted, it would be possible for the provinces to nullify the power which has already been given by the entry in List I, as it has been already passed, then I think, he is completely under a mistake. Not with standing the fact that this entry may become part of the Constitution, the entry which we have already passed would be valid; notwithstanding any power vested in the Provinces, the Cantonments will have the power to make regulations with regard to the premises and the rent of the premises situated in that area. Therefore, I submit to my Friend mr. Tyagi that his purpose is already served and it is unnecessary to have this entry, especially because it would be causing a certain amount of doubt on the validity of the laws already made under these entries as they stand.
*Shri Mahavir Tyagi : ....Suppose the owner of a house takes objection on the ground that the provincial government has no right to control rents, then what happens?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : No, he cannot because under the General Clauses Act, land includes the buildings.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : It is a new interpretation of the law, that land includes the building.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is new because law is not the profession of Mr. Tyagi.
ENTRY 15
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move:
“That in entry 15 of List II, the words ‘registration of births and deaths’ be deleted.”
This is transferred to the concurrent list.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 1st September 1949, pp. 874-875.
† Ibid ., p. 875.