REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NO. 2) BILL - Page 623

606 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Mr. Speaker: I think it should be left to the examination of the draftsman. The implications are not yet clear to me.

Dr. Ambedkar : This is a matter more or less for the draftsman and the Draftsman thinks that for the sake of clarity, certain words should be introduced. I think his wishes should be respected.

Shri Santhanam: I merely pointed it out.

Mr. Speaker: The Chair will have the authority of amending this, as advised by the Draftsman. We shall proceed to the other amendments.

Amendment made:

In sub-clause (1) of clause 37, for the words “the members” occurring in line 3, substitute the words “the elected members”.

—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]

Further Amendment made:

In sub-clause (2) of clause 37, for the words “the members of the Legislative Assembly” occurring in lines 1 and 2, substitute the words “the elected members or the members of the Legislative Assembly”.

—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]

Further amendment made:

For the first Proviso to sub-clause (4) of clause 37, substitute the following:

“Provided that any person who is entitled to vote at any such election as is referred to in sub-section (1) shall be qualified to subscribe as proposer or seconder as many nomination papers at the election as there are vacancies to be filled but no more.”

—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]

Further amendment made:

In part (a) of the second Proviso to sub-clause (4) of clause

37, for the words “by the members of the Legislative Assembly of a State, as references to the list of members of that Assembly” substitute the following:

“by the elected members or by the members of the Legislative Assembly of a State as reference to the list of elected members or to the list of members, as the case may be, of that Assembly”.

—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]