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so that if there is any lacuna in the legal position a Member will not be deemed to have vacated his seat. More than that I am afraid I cannot do at this stage.
With regard to the omission of part-time offices from the Bill I think the reply that I have given, namely, that you have to be very cautious in extending the principle of exemption to holders of office, applies to them also. I may say that the original clause in the Ordinance was taken from the wartime Ordinance which was Ordinance LII of 1942. My friend Mr. Kamath will realize that it is perfectly legitimate to widen the principle in an emergency when there are so many offices to be filled and the number of men available is so few that we have necessarily to go to Parliament to pick up Members to officiate on those occasions. But what is necessary in wartime and in an emergency should not be applied in normal times. That was the consideration which prevailed upon me in deleting the clause which originally found its place in the Ordinance.
Shri Kamath : Was it not the Law Ministry itself which drafted the Ordinance ?
Dr. Ambedkar : The Law Ministry can forget and also be forgiven. The Law Minister is not omniscient. I live to learn, and if I can learn from my friend Mr. Kamath I shall be only too grateful. This is all that I have to say.
Shri Kamath : rose —
Mr. Deputy Speaker : We have only three minutes to adjourn for Lunch. I hope the hon. Member would not take more than three minutes.
Shri Kamath : There are some legal and constitutional points which I have to make and I will take more than three minutes.
At the outset may I make it clear that in my judgment— I have learnt a lot from Dr. Ambedkar during Constitution making and I have much more to learn from him ; I wish to reciprocate the compliment—there is no need to rush or hustle this Bill through, because even if this Bill were passed by this House before this midnight, that is, of the 10th, it will