1186 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
*HINDU CODE—contd.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The House will now proceed with the further consideration of the Bill to amend and codify certain branches of the Hindu Law, as reported by the Select Committee. Yesterday we disposed of Clause 2 ; the major contentious clause is over. I hope the other clauses will be passed quickly.
Clause 3.—( Definitions )
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar) : I beg to move:
In clause 3,—
(i) for the words “unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context” substitute “unless the context otherwise requires”;
(ii) renumber the existing items (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) as items (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and insert the following as item (i), namely:
‘(i ) “Aliyasantana law’ means the system of law applicable to persons who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Aliyasantana Act, 1949 (Madras Act IX of 1949);’;
(iii) in term (iii), as to renumbered, omit “except in sections 41 and 49”;
(iv) in the Explanation to item (v), as so renumbered, for “this clause” substitute “clause (iv) and (v)” ;
(v) renumber the existing items (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) as items (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi) and insert, the following as items (vi) and (vii) namely :
‘(vi) “Marumakkattayam law” means the system of law applicable to persons—
(a) who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Marumakkattayam Act, 1932 (Madras Act XXII of 1933), the Travancore Nair Act, H of 1100, the Travancore Ezhava Act, III of 1100, the Nanjindad Vellala Act, 1101, the Travancore Kshatriya Act, 1108, the Travancore Krishnavaka-Marumakkathayee Act, 1115, the Cochin Thiyya Act, VIII of 1107 ; the Cochin Nayar Act, XXIX of 1113, or the Cochin Marumakkathayam Act, XXXIII of 1113 or
(b) who belong to any community, the members of which are largely domiciled in the State of Trvancore Cochin or Madras, and who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been governed
- P.D., Vol. XV, Part II, 21st September 1951, pp. 2974-3008,