DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1237
Dr. C. D. Pande (Uttar Pradesh) : I have an amendment, sir.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Already tabled ?
Dr. C. D. Pande : Already tabled, but not listed so far. I have got a copy.
Dr. Ambedkar : I have not got a copy.
Dr. C. D. Pande : At least I have been supplied with one copy.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : When was notice given ?
Dr. C. D. Pande : I gave notice in the Notice office this morning and they have given me this copy. This has got to be moved. In any case, the office has given this copy to me ; it may have been given to the Hon. Law Minister as well.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Amendments will be pouring in everyday in the morning. This is only the first of its kind. We had similar amendments also. I do not propose to waive the notice for such amendments unless the Hon. Minister sponsoring the Bill is willing to accept them.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : With your permission. Sir, I beg to move amendment No. 420 in my name.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The same amendment in another form.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : There is difference. Tthere is a small error here ; it is wrongly typed. It should be “in so far as it is inconsistent”.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : That has been provided for.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : That has not been provided for. The original clause 4 says :
“Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Code, etc........”
These words are not there.
Dr. Ambedkar : The words are there :
“Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Code.”
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : I say that so far as this Code goes, any custom shall cease to have effect.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The matters must have been dealt with in this Bill.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : That is not necessary. We make a provision that custom is saved and by the force of that section, custom is saved.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Let us see what the objection is in principle. What this clause wants to do is whatever may be the custom, in so far as it is provided for by this Bill, the provisons of this Code will