DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 801
Mr. Speaker: Is the hon. Member moving further substantial amendments ?
Shri J. R. Kapoor: No. I may be so called but not No. 2.
Mr. Speaker : No 2 of course is an amendment to the amendment of Shri Jhunjhunwala. That I am accepting for moving.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : So far as No. 1 is concerned, it does so happen that it has been given the shape of an absolutely original amendment though I had given it to the Notice Office in the form of an amendment to Mr. Jhunjunwala’s amendment No. 13. To put it in a better form the office has given it as a separate amendment. Therefore, I hope you will admit it. The whole thing will be open to discussion and the admission of this will not in any way interfere with the proper disposal of the subject.
Mr. Speaker : It is not a question of disposal. If I were to permit amendments at the last minute, they will be coming in even till the last stage of voting. Therefore, I am unwilling to waive. . . .
Shri J. R. Kapoor : Sir, I was making this submission only in view of the special circumstances of the case. Originally I had put in the first amendment as an amendment to Shri Jhunjhunwala’s amendment No. 13 in Supplementary List No. 1. But then to give it a better form the office thought it might be put as a separate substantial amendment. If the Chair is so pleased it can be taken in the original form.
Mr. Speaker: Very well. As it is a change in form only I will permit him to move it.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : I beg to move :
(i) For clause 2, substitute :
“2. Application of Code. —This Code or any part or parts thereof 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 or any part or parts thereof, as the case may be, and get such declaration registered in accordance with rules prescribed for the purpose by the Central Government.”
I also beg to move:
(ii) In the amendment proposed by Shri Banarsi Prasad Jhunjhunwala, in the proposed proviso to clause 2, for the words beginning with the words “unless such person” to the end, substitute:
“unless such person, after attaining the age of majority, declares in writing that he or she, as the case may be, shall be