DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 977
Amendments moved :
(1) In the amendment proposed by Shri J. R. Kapoor, printed as No.
93, to the proposed clause 2, add the proviso :
“Provided that the provisions of Part II relating to marriage and divorce shall apply to such declarant only when both the bride and bridegroom before the marriage, or both the husband and wife after the marriage, make such a declaration.”
(2) for clause 2, substitute :
“2. Application of Code. —This Code applies to all the citizens of India that is Bharat, who after attaining the age of majority declare in writing that they shall be governed by this Code, and get such declaration registered in accordance with rules prescribed for the purposes by the Central Government:
Provided that the provisions of Part II relating to marriage and divorce shall apply to such declarant only when both the bride and the bridegroom before the marriage, or both the husband and wife after the marriage, make such a declaration.”
(3) In the amendment proposed by the Hon. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, printed as No. 3, in the proposed amendments to sub-clause (1) of clause
2, after part (l)(ii), insert:
“(iii) insert a new part (e) as follows :
‘(e) to a convert to any religion or faith after the commencement of this Code’.”
(4) In the amendment proposed by the Hon. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, printed as No. 3, in part (l)(ii) of the proposed amendment to sub-clause
(1) of clause 2, after “Sikh religion” add :
“or to any other religion or faith except Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew religion.”
(5) In the amendment proposed by the Hon. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, printed as No. 3, in the proposed amendment to clause 2, after part
(1), insert:
“(1A) in the proviso to sub-clause (2), insert at the end ‘unless he has declared his consent in the manner prescribed by the Central Government in this behalf to be governed by this Code in respect of such matters also’.”
(6) In the amendment proposed by the Hon. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, printed as No. 3, in the proposed amendment to clause 2, after part
(1), insert: