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discrimination shall stand in the way of the validity of it. I admit that sentimentally there may be objection. But from the practical point of view. I do not understand why we should not declare them valid pieces of legislation.
Shri Naziruddin Ahmad : They are bad laws and so they have to be declared valid!
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya (Bihar) : May I enquire whether these laws that are now sought to be validated will cover, only land reforms or whether there will be interference with other laws like the Transfer of Property Act and other Act ? Has this aspect of the matter been investigated by the Government?
Dr. Ambedkar: I shall be quite frank about it. The only O ther method to adopt would be to give power to
11-00 AM the President to revise these laws and to reconstruct them and to bring them strictly in conformity with the provisions of article 31.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: Under article 31 we decided that if President certifies certain laws, they will be valid. Now that safeguard has been taken away.
Dr. Ambedkar: The reason why that has not been done is this. Just imagine the amount of burden that would be cast upon myself, on the Law Ministry, the Food and Agriculture Ministry and other Ministeries involved if we were to sit here and examine every section of each one of these Acts to find out whether they deviate. I think that is impossible.
Shri Kamath: Appoint a Committee for the purpose
Dr. Ambedkar : That will mean postponement of this Bill.
Now I come to clause 6 which seeks to amend article 85. In article 85 the word used is ‘summon’. This word has given rise to some difficulty. The word ‘ summon’ has a technical meaning, viz. sitting of Parliament after a prorogation or dissolution. It does not cover the case of the sitting of Parliament after adjournment. The result is that although Parliament may sit for the whole year adjourning from time