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and Manipur. They have to be separately dealt with because they came into existence as Part C States after the 1949 Act was passed. Consequently, this measure is restircted to these three Part C States. I might mention that although all the laws that were extended to Part C States by the Act of 1949 are extended to Vindhya Pradesh and Tripura, some exceptions have been made with regard to the State of Manipur. All the laws that have been applied previously or are applied by the present measure to Vindhya Pradesh or Tripura are not applied proprio vigore to Manipur. It is said that Manipur is largely settled by what are called the tribal people whose civilisation and whose manners and modes of life are considerably different from those who are living in what is called the ‘settled area’. Consequently it would create a great deal of disturbance if all the enactments were extended to Manipur and therefore a Schedule has been added as to what enactments will not apply to Manipur. Similarly, while the Indian Penal Code is applied to Manipur, there are two sections of it which are sought to be applied, with a certain modification.
I hope the House will see that there is nothing very complicated about this measure and accept it.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Motion moved:
“That the Bill to provide for the extension of laws to certain Part C States, be taken into consideration.”
Pandit M. B. Bhargava (Ajmer) : I have to make a few observations in respect of this Bill. So far as the extension of any Central laws to the States referred to by the Hon. the Law Minister is concerned, I have got nothing to say. But there is one clause, namely, clause 2 in this Bill which lays down that it will be open to the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, to extend any Provincial enactment to any of these States in Part C, subject to such modifications and restrictions as may be laid down in the notification ........... I have not the least doubt that if all these extended laws are ever questioned before a competent legal authority, this legislation will not stand the scrutiny of the judicial court and will be declared null and void. I would, therefore, respectfully request the Hon. the Law Minister to