1224 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The question is :
In the explanation to item (iv) re-numbered as ( v ), for “this clause” substitute “clauses (iv) and (v)”.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The question is :
“That part (iv) renumbered as part (v), as amended, stand part of the Bill.”
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The question is :
In clause 3 after part (iv) renumbered as part (v), add the following new part :
“(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, II of 1100, the Travancore Ezhava Act, III of 1100, the Nanjindad Vellala Act, 1101, the Travancore Kshatriya Act, 1108, the Travancore Krishnavaka-Marumakkathayee Act, l115, the Cochin Thiyya Act, VIII of 1107, the Cochin Nayar Act 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 Travancore-Cochin or Madras, and who, if this Code had not been passed, would have been ogverned by any system of inheritance in which descent is traced through the female line; but does not include the Aliyasantana law ;”
The motion was adopted.
Shri Naziruddin Ahmad : This is subject to reconsideration.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : No. We have passed the Aliyasantana law.
Dr. Ambedkar : The substance may be reconsidered.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : So far as the language is concerned, the Hon. Member is always at liberty to suggest any modifications.
The question is :
In cluase 3, after the definition of “Marumakkattayam law” add the following new part :
“(vii) ‘Nambudri law’ means the law applicable to persons who, if this code had not been governed by the Madras Nambudri Act, 1932 (Madras Act XXI of 1933), the Cochin Nambudri Act