660 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Sardar Sochet Singh (P.E.P.S.U.) : It was agreed.
Mr. Speaker: Let us hold it over.
Clause 151.— ( List of members to be maintained ).
Amendment made:
For sub- clause (1) of clause 151, substitute the following:
“(1) The Returning Officer for an election by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of a State to fill a seat or for an election by the members of the Legislative Assembly of a State to fill a seat or seats in the Legislative Council of the State shall for the purposes of such election maintain in his office in the prescribed manner and form a list of elected members or a list of members, as the case may be of that Legislative Assembly.”
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]
Mr. Speaker: The question is:
“That clause 151 as amended, stand part of the Bill.”
The motion was adopted.
Clause 151, as amended, was added to the Bill.
Clause 152 to 156 were added to the Bill.
10-00 A.M.
Clause 157.— ( Return or forfeiture of deposits )
Amendment made:
In sub-clause (1) of clause 157, after the words “by whom” occurring in line 1, insert the words “or on whose behalf.
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]
Further amendment made:
In sub-clause (1) of clause 157, for all the words beginning with he words “the deposit shall be returned” to the end, substitute the following:
“the deposit shall be returned to the person by whom it was made and, if any candidate dies before the commencement of the poll, any such deposit, if made by him, shall be returned to his legal representative or, if not made by the candidate, shall be returned to the person by whom it was made.”
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]