DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 969
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Today I will allow all amendments to be moved to clause 2— both to the original clause and to the amendments of the Hon. Minister. I shall try to put them together tomorrow.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Punjab) : May I know if any of the amendments which my hon. friend has just now moved were moved in the February session also ? I think one of the amendments moved now was debated in the House—the amendment relating to a person declaring that he will be bound by the Code. I think he also made a speech on that. I do not know if that amendment has not already been moved and also debated upon.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : I may assure my hon. friend that I have taken jolly good care to see that I do not repeat any one of my previous amendments. Of course the subject matter of some of these amendments was incorporated in some form or another in a previous amendment that I have moved. But finding that, that particular amendment would not well suit the purpose, and in order to meet the objection raised then by my hon. friend Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava, I have further amended my previous amendment so as to bring it perfectly within the four corners of the Code and also to. make it otherwise acceptable.
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya : I beg to move :
To clause 2, add the proviso :
“Provided however, that notwithstanding anything contained in this section this Code shall not apply to any person unless such person got his name registered, signifying his will to be governed by this Code, with such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed.”
Sardar B. S. Man (Punjab) : I beg to move :
In clause 2, omit “Sikh”, wherever it occurs.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The hon. member’s desire, I take it, is that it ought not be apply to Sikhs.
Sardar B. S. Man : Yes.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : At each stage let us know what the scope of the amendment is ?
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : Such an amendment has already been moved. The subject-matter of amendment No. 236 is the same as Sardar Hukam Singh’s amendment.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Let us forget what all has been done. Let us start. The intention of the House is to proceed clause by clause and