982 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
convenience according to their substance. The clause may be discussed as also all the amendments and amendments to amendments.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : You may direct the office to circulate to us a consolidated list of all the amendments moved today as also on the previous occasion, so that we may have in a simplified form all the amendments for ready reference.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Though there are various lists of amendments, what is done is that they are put consecutively and, therefore, no further arrangement is necessary. As regards circulating the amendments moved today, I thought hon. Members would have noted them as I have done.
Dr. Ambedkar : I have also noted them.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : Amendments to the same part of the clause may be at different places and for the sake of convenience it is better they are put in one place.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : I shall ask the office to circulate a list containing the numbers of the amendments moved instead of once again repeating the amendments.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : It should be sub-clause by sub-clause.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Hon. Members have left their homes far away and come over here for parliamentary work. I do not believe the office should do it. Hon. Members should do it. Hon. Members may take one view and the office may take another view and does the hon. Member also want the Secretary to speak on his behalf in this matter ? As regards Pandit Malaviya’s amendment I shall allow it as an exception. With respect to other matters from tomorrow I would insist as a rule that I must have a copy of the amendment as also the Law Minister. Today perhaps hon. Members may not have had sufficient time to think about their amendments. Pandit Malviya may read out his amendment so that we may note it down.
Pandit Malviya : I beg to move : to clause 2, add the proviso :
“Provided further that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, no provision of this Act shall apply to anyone unless a referendum thereupon has been taken in the State to which he belongs and the Legislature of the State thereafter has decided in accordance with the result of the referendum that the provisions of this Act shall apply to the residents of the State. Further, that, thereafter, it shall be open to anyone to declare that he shall not be governed by this Act and the same shall then not apply to him.”