REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NO. 2) BILL - Page 691

674 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Prof. K. T. Shah: That is our difficulty. This new clause has been suddenly put forward. If you do not allow us to move our amendments and at least try to bring out the new ideas that are there .............

Mr. Deputy Speaker: I understand the difficulty of hon. Members. The notice of the new amendment proposing substitution of old clause 7 seems to have been circulated only last night or this morning. That has to be remembered. So. we shall take up clause 7 at 3-30 P.M. And whenever notices are given they will be cyclostyled and circulated to all hon. Members. Without any formality all amendments may be handed over to the Secretary. We will take them up at 3-30 today.

So clause 7 will stand over. What other clause shall we take up now ?

Dr. Ambedkar: Sir, I want to add a new clause 166A.

Mr. Deputy Speaker: Clause 7 has been held over. Let us proceed in order. The other ones that are standing over are clauses 122, 123 and 124. I do not know when they will be ready—it depends upon how soon the draftsmen will be ready. If they are ready this afternoon we will take them up.

Shri Kamath: There is a lot of last skipping. Sir.

Mr. Deputy Speaker: We will not skip over—of course whenever a clause is not ready we will skip it over.

New Clause 166A

Dr. Ambedkar: We shall take up clause 166A. My amendment is No. 8 in supplementary list No. 7 to consolidated list No. 2. But I have to make one or two verbal changes in that amendment. In line 9 of sub-section (1), instead of “nomination as a candidate”. I want to put it as “nomination as such candidate”, thereby substituting “such” for “a”. Then in sub-section ( 2 ) I want to renumber (a) and (b) as (b) and (c) and I want to add a new part (a) which will read as follows:

“(a) “Candidate” has the same meaning as in section 78.” I want to move the amendment, as modified above. I beg to move: In Part X after clause 156, insert the following clause: