668 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NO. 2) BILL
- Shri Ghule : I beg to move :
In the amendment proposed by Dr. Ambedkar, printed as No.
2 in Supplementary List No. 7 of amendments, in sub-clause (2) of the proposed new clause 47—
( a ) for the word “commencement” occuring in line 5 substitute the word “end” and
( b ) before the words “counting of votes” occurring in line 7, insert the words “end of the”
My amendment is very simple. The provision here should be that before the counting is finished or before the close of the counting he should be able to revoke his name.
The Minister of law (Dr. Ambedkar): I am not accepting the amendment.
Shri Kamath: May I suggest a minor alteration in the marginal heading ? The draftsman may bear in mind that the construction of the marginal heading “Revocation of the appointment or death of a polling agent” is not to my mind happy. It might mean that the word death also is qualified by the word ‘revocation’. If ‘death’ comes first, it will be all right.
Dr. Ambedkar: That will be borne in mind.
Shri Ghule: I do not press my amendment.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I hope the House is agreeable to the amendment of the marginal heading.
Motion was adopted.
*Clause 51.— ( Death of candidate before poll )
Amendment made:
To clause 51, add the following further proviso:
‘Provided further that no person who has under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 35 given a notice of withdrawal of his candidature before the countermanding of the poll shall be ineligible for being nominated as a candidate for the election after such countermanding.”
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]
*P. D., Vol. 12, 28th May 1951, pp. 9480-81.
** P.D., Vol. 12, Part II, 23rd May 1951, pp. 9482-95.