PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 671
Dr. Ambedkar : I am not ready with that for the moment.
Clause 7. —( Disqualification for membership )
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya (Bihar) : We have given amendments to the amendments of Dr. Ambedkar. It is better that we take up the clause tomorrow. We have not had any time.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: They can be taken up today. All notice will be waived.
Dr. Ambedkar: Sir, I move 7A, with this modification namely, that in sub-clause (f) for the words “as such member” the words “a Member of Parliament or the Legislature of a State as the case may be” have been substituted. I beg to move:
For clause 7, substitute the following clauses;
- Disqualifications for membership of Parliament or of a State Legislature. —A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as and being a member of. either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a State—
(a) if, whether before or after the commencement of the Constitution, he has been convicted, or has in proceedings for questioning the validity or regularity of an election been found to have been guilty of any offence or corrupt or illegal practice which has been declared by section 138 or section 139 to be an offence or practice entailing disqulification for membership of Parliament and of the Legislature of every State, unless such period has elapsed as has been provided in that behalf in the said section 138 or section 139, as the case may be ;
(b) if, whether before or after the commencement of the Constitution, he has been convicted by a court in India of any offence and sentenced to transportation or to imprisonment for not less than two years unless a period of five years or such less period as the Election Commission may allow in any particular case has elapsed since his release;
(c) if having been nominated as a candidate for Parliament or the Legislature of any State or having acted as an election agent of any person so nominated he has failed to lodge return of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by or under this Act, unless five years have elapsed from the date by which the return ought to have been lodged or the Election Commission has removed the disqualification;
(d) if, whether by himself or by any other person in trust for him or for his benefit or on his account he has any share or interest in a contract for the supply of goods to or for the execution of any services undertaken by the appropriate Government.