Pattolika : September 2019

Bare Acts - Subject Wise

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Companies Act, 1956

Banking & Insurance Law :

Bankers Book Evidence Act,1891
Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Banking Regulation (Companies) Rules, 1949
Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1993
Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure for Appointment as Presiding Officer of The Tribunal) Rules, 1998
Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Financial and Administrative Power) Rules, 1997
Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1994
Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Appointment as Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1998
Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2004
Equity Linked Savings Scheme, 2005
Insurance Act, 1938
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999
Interest Act, 1978
Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
Marine Insurance Act, 1963
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002
Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993
Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
Reserve Bank (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
State Financial Corporations Act, 1951

Business & Commercial Law :

Carriage By Road Act, 2007
Hire-Purchase Act, 1972
Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
Sale of Goods Act, 1930

Consumer Law :

Bureau of Indian Standards (Recognition of Consumer's Associations) Rules, 1991
Consumer Protection Act,1986
Consumer Protection Regulation, 2005
Consumer Protection (Second Amendment) Rules, 2006
Essential Commodities Act, 1955
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Rules, 1970
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976

Corporate Law :

Companies (Acceptance Of Deposits) Rules, 1975
Companies (Issue of Share Capital with Differential Voting Rights) Rules, 2001
Companies (Appointment and Qualifications of Secretary) Rules, 1988
Companies (Appointment of the Small Shareholders' Director) Rules, 2001
Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
Companies (Amendment) Act, 2006
Companies (Branch Audit Exemption) Rules, 1961
Companies (Compliance Certificate) Rules, 2001
Companies (Court) Rules, 1959
Companies (Declaration of Dividend Out of Reserves) Rules, 1975
Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988
Companies (Fees on Applications) Rules, 1999
Companies (Issue of Share Certificates) Rules, 1960
Company Law Board (Fees on Applications and Petitions) Rules, 1991
Company Law Board (Qualifications, Experience and Other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 1993
Company Law Board Regulations, 1991
Company's Liquidation Accounts Rules, 1965
Companies (Official Liquidator's Accounts) Rules, 1965
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975
Companies (Passing of Resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules, 2001
Companies (Preservation and Disposal of Records) Rules, 1966
Companies Unpaid Dividend (Transfer to General Revenue Account of the Central Government) Rules, 1978
Competition Act, 2002
Conversion Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974
Cost Audit Report Rules, 2001
Depositories Act, 1996
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992
Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules, 1993
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
Manufacturing and Other Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 1988
Non-Banking Financial Companies and Miscellaneous Non-Banking Companies (Advertisement) Rules, 1977
Private Limited Company and Unlisted Public Limited Company (Buy-back of Securities) Rules, 1999
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992
Securities And Exchange Board Of India (Appeal To Central Government) Rules, 1993
Securities and Exchange Board of India Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1995
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
Trustees (declaration of holdings of shares and debentures) Rules, 1964

Criminal Law :

Arms Act, 1959
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008
Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act, 1974
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Penal Code,1860
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985Prevention of Corruption Act , 1988
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

Environmental Law :

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1982
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989
Indian Forest Act, 1927
National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1975
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

Family & Social Law :

Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Children Act, 1960
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Rules, 1988
Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
Dowry Prohibition Act,1961
Family Courts Act, 1984
Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act, 1956
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
Indian Divorce Act, 1869
Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
Indian Succession Act, 1925
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, I936
Pre-conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2005
Special Marriage Act, 1954

Intellectual Property Law :

Biological Diversity Act, 2002
Copyright Act, 1957
Copyright Rules, 1958
Designs Act, 2000
Designs Rules, 2001
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002
Intellectual Property Appellate Board (Procedure) Rules, 2003
International Copyright Order, 1999
Patents Act, 1970
Trade Marks Act, 1999
Trade Marks Rules, 2001

Labour & Service Law :

Apprentices Act, 1961
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996
Building and Other Construction workers' Welfare Cess Rules, 1998
Central Apprenticeship Council Rules, 1962
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
Employers Liability Act, 1938
Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976
Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995
Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952
Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995
Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
Factories Act, 1948
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Industrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act, 1955
Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
Industrial Tribunal (Central Procedure) Rules, 1954
Industrial Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1949
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946
Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Minimum Wages (Central) Rules, 1950
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975
Payment of Gratuity Act,1972
Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Plantations Labour Act, 1951
Public Provident Fund Act, 1968
Trade Unions Act, 1926
Weekly Holidays Act, 1942
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923
Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1957

Media & Press Law :

Cinematograph Act, 1952
Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 1983
Cinematograph Film Rules, 1948
Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Rules, 1955
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954
Dramatic Performances Act, 1876
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990
Press Council Act, 1965
Press Council Act, 1978
Press Council (Procedure for Inquiry) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006
Press Council Rules, 1979
Press Council (Procedure for Nomination of Members) Rules, 1978
Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956
Pharma & Medical Law :
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973
Insecticides Act, 1968
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998

Professional Law :

Advocates act, 1961
Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001
Architects Act, 1972
Chartered Accountants Act, 1949
Chartered Accountants (Election Tribunal) Rules, 2006
Company Secretaries Act, 1980
Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
Cost and Works Accountants (Election Tribunal) Rules, 2006
Cost Audit Report Rules, 2001
Notaries Act,1952

Property Law :

Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Land Acquisition (Companies) Rules, 1963
Transfer of Property Act, 1882
Urban land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976

Tax Law :

Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act,1957
Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978
Banking Cash Transaction Tax Rules, 2005
Capital Gains Accounts Scheme, 1988
Central Duties of Excise (Retrospective Exemption) Act, 1986
Central Excise (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2002
Central Excise Laws (Amendment & Validation) Act, 1982
CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004
Customs Act, 1962
Electronic Filing of Returns of Tax Collected at Source Scheme, 2005
Electronic Filing of Returns of Tax Deducted at Source Scheme, 2003
Electronic Furnishing of Returns of Income Scheme, 2003
Expenditure Tax Act, 1987
Finance Act, 2008
Income-Tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1963
Income-tax (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2007
Income-tax Settlement Commission (Procedure) Rules, 1997
Income-tax Welfare Fund Rules, 2007
Interest-Tax Act, 1974
Jute Manufactures Cess Act, 1983
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931
Salt Cess Act, 1953
Salt Cess Rules, 1964
Service Tax Rules, 1994
Service Tax (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2003
Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006
Service Tax (Provisional Attachment of Property) Rules, 2008
Service Tax (Publication of Names) Rules, 2008
Service Tax (Registration of Special Category of Persons) Rules, 2005

Miscellaneous Law :

Acquired Territories (Merger) Act, 1960
Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act, 1974
Atomic Energy Act, 1962
Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act, 1986
Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act, 1987
Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
Constitution of India
Delimitation Act, 2002
Electricity Act, 2003
Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2007
Energy Conservation Act, 2001
Food Corporations Act, 1964
Food Corporations Regulations, 1965
Food Corporations Rules, 1965
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act, 2002
General Clauses Act, 1897
Indian Boilers Act, 1923
Indian Easements Act, 1882
Indian Ports Act, 1908
Indian Post Office Act, 1898
Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
Indian Trusts Act, 1882
Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933
Information Technology Act, 2000
Limitation Act, 1963
Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984
National Security Act, 1980
Oaths Act,1969
Official Secrets Act,1923
Partition Act,1893
Passports Act, 1967
Pharmacy Act, 1948
Poisons Act, 1919
Powers of Attorney Act,1882
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
Registration Act, 1908
Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939
Representation of the People Act, 1950
Societies Registration Act,1860
Specific Relief Act, 1963
Suits Valuation Act, 1887
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Allowances to part-time members) Rules, 2000
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Allowances to part-time Members) Amendment Rules, 2001
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Contributory Provident Fund) Rules, 2003
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Service Providers (Maintenance of Books of Accounts and other Documents) Rules, 2002
Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994

WEEKLY HOLIDAYS ACT, 1942

[18 OF 1942]

An Act to provide for the grant of weekly holidays to persons employed in shops, restaurants and theatres

Whereas it is expedient to provide for the grant of weekly holidays to persons employed in shops, restaurants and theatres;

It is hereby enacted as follows:

1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Weekly Holidays Act, 1942.

(2) It extends to whole of India[***].

(3) It shall come into force in a State or in a specified area within a State only if the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette so directs.

2.Definitions - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -

(a) "establishment" means a shop, restaurant or theatre;

(b) "day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight;

(c) "restaurant" means any premises in which is carried on principally or wholly the business of supplying meals or refreshments to the public or a class of the public for consumption on the premises but does not include a restaurant attached to a theatre;

(d) "shop" includes any premises where any retail trade or business is carried on, including the business of a barber, or hair dresser, and retail sales by auction, but excluding the sale of programmes, catalogues, and other similar sales at theatres;

(e) "theatre" includes any premises intended principally or wholly for the presentation of moving pictures, dramatic performances or stage entertainments;

(f) "week" means a period of seven days beginning at midnight on Saturday.

Closing of shops.

3. (1) Every shop shall remain entirely closed on one day of the week, which day shall be specified by the shop-keeper in a notice permanently exhibited in a conspicuous place in the shop.

(2) The day so specified shall not be altered by the shop-keeper more often than once in three months

Weekly holidays in shops, restaurants and theatres.

4. Every person employed otherwise than in a confidential capacity or in a position of management in any shop, restaurant or theatre shall be allowed in each week a holiday of one whole day:

Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any person whose total period of employment in the week including any days spent on authorised leave is less than six days or entitle to an additional holiday a person employed in a shop who has been allowed a whole holiday on the day on which the shop has remained closed in pursuance of section 3.

Additional half-day closing or holiday.

5. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, require in respect of shops or any specified class of shops that they shall be closed at such hour in the afternoon of one week-day in every week in addition to the day provided for by section 3 as may be fixed by the State Government, and, in respect of theatres and restaurants or any specified class of either or both, that every person employed therein otherwise than in a confidential capacity or in a position of management shall be allowed in each week an additional holiday of one half-day commencing at such hour in the afternoon as may be fixed by the State Government.

(2) The State Government may, for the purposes of this section, fix different hours for different shops or different classes of shops or for different areas or for different times of the year.

(3) The weekly day on which a shop is closed in pursuance of a requirement under sub-section (1) shall be specified by the shop-keeper in a notice permanently exhibited in a conspicuous place in the shop and shall not be altered by the shop-keeper more often than once in three months.

No deduction or abatement to be made from wages.

6. No deduction or abatement of the wages of any person employed in an establishment to which this Act applies shall be made on account of any day or part of a day on which the establishment has remained closed or a holiday has been allowed in accordance with sections 3, 4 and 5, and if such person is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such day or a part of a day he shall nonetheless be paid for such day or part of a day the wages he would have drawn had the establishment not remained closed or the holiday not been allowed on that day or part of a day.

Inspectors.

7. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint persons to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act within such local limits as it may assign to each such persons.

(2) Every inspector appointed under this section shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

Powers of Inspectors.

8. (1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, an inspector may, within the local limits for which he is appointed, -

(a) Enter and remain in any establishment to which this Act applies with such assistants, if any, being servants of the Government as he thinks fit;

(b) Make such examination of any such establishment and of any record, register or notice maintained therein in pursuance of rules made under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 10, and take on the spot or otherwise such evidence of any person as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act;

(2) Any person having the custody of any record, register or notice maintained in pursuance of rules made under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 10 shall be bound to produce it when so required by the inspector, but no person shall be compellable to answer any question if the answer may tend directly or indirectly to incriminate himself.

Penalties.

9. In the event of any contravention of the provisions of section 3 or section 4, of a requirement imposed by notification under sub-section (1) of section 5, or section 6, or of the rules made under clause (c) for sub-section (2) of section 10, the proprietor or other person responsible for the management of the establishment in which such contravention takes place shall be punishable with fine which may extend, in the case of the first offence, to twenty-five rupees, and, in case of second or subsequent offence, to two hundred and fifty rupees.

Rules.

10. (1) The State Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may—

(a) Define the persons who shall be deemed to be employed in a confidential capacity or in a position of management for the purpose of sections 4 and 5;

(b) Regulate the exercise of their powers and the discharge of their duties by inspectors;

(c) Require registers and records to be maintained and notices to be displayed in establishment to which this Act applies and prescribe the form and contents thereof.

[(3) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.]

Power of exemption and suspension.

11. The Central Government in respect of establishments under its control, and the State Government in respect of all other establishments within the State may, subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit to impose, exempt any establishment to which this Act applies from all or any specified provisions of this Act, and may, on any special occasion in connection with a fair or festival or a succession of public holidays, suspend for a specified period the operation of this Act.

First Session of the Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly formally began its task of framing the Constitution of India on the 13th of December, 1946 with Jawaharlal Nehru moving the Objectives Resolution. The purpose of the resolution was to “… proclaim India as an Independent Sovereign Republic and to draw up for her future governance a Constitution.” The resolution put forth broad principles that would inform the working of the Constituent Assembly.The resolution was adopted on the 22nd of January, 1947.

9 December 1946 - Constituent Assembly Of India Debates (Proceedings)

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India took place in Constitution Hall, New Delhi, on Monday, the 9th December 1946, at Eleven of the Clock.

ELECTION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN

1.1..1 J.B. Kripalani

(in requesting Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha to take the Chair as temporary Chairman, said)-

J.B. Kripalani

Friends, at this auspicious occasion of historical importance I invite, on your behalf, Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha to be the temporary Chairman of this Assembly. Dr. Sinha needs no introduction. You all know him. He is not only the oldest among us but also the oldest parliamentarian in India, having served, as you know, as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1910 to 1920. He entered the Central Legislative Assembly in 1921 not only as one of its members, but its Deputy President also. He was then entrusted with the portfolio of an Executive Councillor and Finance Member of the Government of Bihar and Orissa. So far as I remember Dr. Sinha was the first Indian who was ever appointed as a Finance Member of a Province. He has a particular taste for education having been Vice-Chancellor of the Patna University for eight years. Over and above all this, Dr. Sinha is the oldest Congressman among us. Up till 1920 he was a member of the Congress, being at one time its Secretary.

J.B. Kripalani

After the year 1920 when we started on a new way to gain freedom he parted company with us. He, however, never wholly left us. He has always been helping us. He never joined any other organization and his sympathies were ever with us. Such a person is entitled to be the temporary Chairman of this Assembly. His work is brief but it is all the same most important. It is inaugurating the proceeding of this House. As we begin every work with Divine blessings we request Dr. Sinha to invoke these blessings so that our work may proceed smoothly. Now, I once more, on your behalf, call upon Dr. Sinha to take the Chair.

J.B. Kripalani

(Acharya J. B. Kripalani then conducted Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha to the Chair, which he then occupied amidst acclamation.)

MESSAGES OF GOODWILL

The Chairman

Hon'ble Members, I shall read out to you this morning three messages which have been received by me from responsible State Officials of America, China and the Government of Australia. The American Charge d' Affaires writes:

"My dear Dr. Sinha,

It gives me great pleasure to transmit herewith a copy of a telegram I have just received from the Honourable Dean Acheson, the Acting Secretary of State of the United States.”

The Chairman

The telegram received is as follows:

'From the Acting Secretary of State,

Washington, D. C.

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha,

Provisional Chairman of the Constituent Assembly,

New Delhi.

The Chairman

With the approach of December 9, I extend to you as Provisional Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, and through you to the Indian people, the sincere good wishes of the United States Government and of the people of the United States for a successful conclusion of the great task you are about to undertake. India has a great contribution to make to the peace, stability, and cultural advancement of mankind, and your deliberations will be watched with deep interest and hope by freedom loving people throughout the entire world.'" (Cheers).

The Chairman

The next message is from the Embassy of the Republic of China - New Delhi.

The Chairman

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha Provisional Chairman Constituent Assembly: 'On the auspicious occasion of the opening of the Indian Constituent Assembly I have the honour to extend to Your Excellency in the name of the National Government of China my heartiest congratulations. I sincerely hope that your great Assembly will succeed in laying a solid foundation for a democratic and prosperous India.

WANG SHIH CHIEH, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.' "(Cheers)

The Chairman

The third and last message I have to read out to this Assembly is one from the Australian Government to the Members of the Indian Constituent Assembly.

"Australia has watched with keen interest and sympathy the course of events which have given the people of India their rightful place in the community of nations. The Australian Government, therefore, greets the opening of the Constituent Assembly as an outward sign of a new era for India and offers the delegates of the Constituent Assembly their best wishes for success in their task." (Cheers).

The Chairman

I am sure the House will authorize me and permit me to convey its thanks to the representatives of these Governments who have sent us such cheering and inspiring messages. I may further add that this is a very auspicious sign for the success of your work.(Cheers).

ELECTION PETITION FROM KHAN ABDUS SAMAD KHAN OF BRITISH BALUCHISTAN

The Chairman

The next thing which I have to bring to the notice of the House is that I have received an election petition from Khan Abdus Samad Khan of British Baluchistan challenging the validity of the election of Nawab Mohammad Khan Jogazai as a member of the Constituent Assembly representing British Baluchistan. The House will doubtless look into this matter, in due course, after the election of the permanent Chairman. But my ruling at this stage is that the gentleman declared elected will continue to be regarded as a Member of this House until the matter is disposed of, at a later stage, by the House, after the election of the permanent Chairman.

The Chairman

The next item on the agenda is the provisional Chairman's inaugural address. I will do my best to read out the whole of the address, but if I feel the strain too much, you will kindly permit me to hand over the typescript to Sir B. N. Rau, who has very kindly undertaken to read it for me. But I hope there will be no occasion for it.

CHAIRMAN'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

HON'BLE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST INDIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY:

The Chairman

I am deeply beholden to you for your having agreed to accept me as the first President of your Constituent Assembly, which will enable me to assist you in transacting the preliminary business before the House--such as the election of a permanent President, the framing of the Rules of Business, the appointment of various Committees, and settling the question of giving Publicity to, or keeping confidential, your proceedings-which will ultimately lead you to crown your labours by formulating a suitable and stable constitution for an Independent India. In expressing my sense of appreciation of your great kindness, I cannot conceal from myself that I feel comparing small things with great-that I am, on the present occasion in the position in which Lord Palmerston found himself when Queen Victoria offered him the highest Order of Chivalry, namely, the Knighthood of the Garter. In accepting the Queen's offer, Lord Palmerston wrote to a friend as follows:-

"I have gratefully accepted Her Majesty's gracious offer as, thank God, there is no question of any damned merit about the honour conferred on me."

The Chairman

I say I find myself more or less in the same position, for you have agreed to accept me as your President on the sole ground that I am in age, the senior-most member of this Assembly. Whatever the ground however, on which you have chosen to have me as your first President, I am nonetheless profoundly grateful to you. I have had, in my fairly long life, several honours conferred on me in recognition of my services as a humble worker in public interest, but I assure you that I regard your mark of favour as a signal honour, which I shall cherish throughout the rest of my life.

The Chairman

On this historic and memorable occasion, you will not grudge, I am sure, if I venture to address to You some observations on certain aspects of what is called a Constituent Assembly. This political method of devising a constitution for a country has not been known to our fellow-subjects in Britain, for the simple reason, that under the British Constitution, there is no such thing as a constituent law, it being a cherished privilege of the British Parliament, as the sole sovereign authority, to make and unmake all laws, including the constitutional law of the country. As such, we have to look to countries other than Britain to be able to form a correct estimate of the position of a Constituent Assembly. In Europe, the oldest Republic, that of Switzerland, has not had a Constituent Law, in the ordinary sense of that term, for it came into existence, on a much smaller scale than it now exists, due to historic causes and accidents, several centuries back. Nevertheless, the present constitutional system of Switzerland has several notable and instructive features, which have strongly been recommended by qualified authorities to Indian constitution-makers, and I have no doubt that this great Assembly will study carefully the Swiss Constitution, and try to utilise it to the best advantage in the interest of preparing a suitable constitution for a free and independent India.

The Chairman

The only other State in Europe, to the constitution of which we could turn with some advantage, is that of France, the first Constituent Assembly of which (called "The French National Assembly") was convoked in 1789, after the French Revolution had succeeded in overthrowing the French monarchy. But the French Republican system of Government had been changed since then, from time to time, and is even now, more or less, in the melting pot. Though, therefore, you may not be able to derive as much advantage from a study of the French system of constituent law as that of the Swiss, that is no reason why you should not seek to derive what advantage you can in the preparation of the task before you, by a study of it.

The Chairman

As a matter of fact, the French constitution-makers, who met in 1789 at the first Constituent Assembly of their country, were themselves largely influenced by the work done but a couple of years earlier in 1787, by the historic Constitutional Convention held at Philadelphia by the American constitution-makers, for their country. Having thrown off their allegiance to the British King in Parliament, they met and drew up what had been regarded, and justly so, as the soundest, and most practical and workable republican constitution in existence. It is this great constitution, which had been naturally taken as the model for all subsequent constitutions not only of France, but also of the self-governing Dominions of the British Commonwealth, like Canada, Australia, and South Africa; and I have no doubt that you will also, in the nature of things, pay in the course of your work, greater attention to the provisions of the American Constitution than to those of any other.

The Chairman

I have referred above to the self-governing constitutions of the great Dominions of the British Commonwealth being based on, to a large extent, if not actually derived, from, the American constitutional system. The first to benefit by the American system was Canada, the historic Convention of which country, for drawing up a self-governing constitution, met in 1864, at Quebec. This Convention drew up the Canadian Constitution, which was subsequently embodied in what is still on the Statute Book as the British North American Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1867. You may be interested to hear that the Quebec Convention consisted of only 33 delegates from all the provinces of Canada, and that Convention of 33 representatives issued as many as 74 resolutions, which were afterwards duly incorporated in toto in the British North American Act, under the provisions of which the first self-governing Dominion of the British Commonwealth of Canada, came into existence, in 1867. The British Parliament accepted tile Canadian Convention's scheme in its entirety, except for making only one drafting amendment. I hope and pray, Hon'ble Members, that your labours may be crowned with a similar success.

The Chairman

The American constitutional system was more or less adopted in the schemes prepared for framing the Constitutions of Australia and South Africa, which shows that the results achieved by the American Convention held at Philadelphia in 1787, had been accepted by the world as a model for framing independent federal constitutions for various countries. It is for these reasons that I have felt justified in inviting your attention to the American system of constituent and constitutional law as one-which should be carefully studied by you-not necessarily for wholesale adoption, but for the judicious adaptation of its provisions to the necessities and requirements of your own country, with such modifications as may be necessary or essential owing to the peculiar conditions of our social, economic and political life. I have done so as according to Munro--a standard authority on the subject-the American Constitution is based on "a series of agreements as well as a series of compromises". I may venture to add, as a result of my long experience of public life for now nearly half a century, that reasonable agreements and judicious compromises are nowhere more called for than in framing a constitution for a country like India.

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In commending to you for your careful consideration and acceptance, with reasonable agreements and judicious compromises, the fundamental principles of the American system, I cannot do better than quote the striking observations on the subject of the greatest British authority namely Viscount Bryce, who in his monumental work, called "The American Commonwealth", writes as follows, putting in a very few lines the substance of the fundamental principles of the American Constitution:-

"Its central or national- is not a mere league for it does not wholly depend on the component communities which we call the States. It is itself a Commonwealth, as well as a union of Commonwealths, because it claims directly the obedience of every citizen, and acts immediately upon him through its courts and executive officers. Still less are the minor communities, the States, mere sub-divisions of the Union, mere creatures of the National Government, like the counties of England, or the Departments of France. They have over their citizens an authority which is their own, and not delegated by the Central Government."

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It may possibly be that in some such scheme, skillfully adapted to our own requirements, a satisfactory solution may be found for a constitution for an Independent India, which may satisfy the reasonable expectations and legitimate aspirations of almost all the leading political parties in the country. Having quoted the greatest British authority on the great, inherent, merits of the American Constitution, you will, I hope, bear with me a fairly long quotation from the greatest American Jurist, Joseph Story. In concluding his celebrated book, called "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States", he made certain striking and inspiring observations which I present to you as worthy of your attention. Said Story:--

"Let the American youth never forget, that they possess (in their Constitution) a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capable, if wisely improved, and faithfully-guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. The structure has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are solid; its compartments are beautiful, as well as useful its arrangements are full of wisdom and order; and its defences are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortality if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, parish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers, THE PEOPLE. Republics are' created-these are the words which I commend to you for your consideration-by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."

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To quote yet one more leading authority on the almost ideal Constitution of America, James (at one time Solicitor-General of the United States) says in his highly instructive book, called, "The Constitution of the United States-Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"--

"Constitutions, as a governmental panacea, have come and gone; but it can be said of the American Constitution, paraphrasing the noble tribute of Dr. Johnson to the immortal fame of Shakespeare, that the stream of time which has washed away the dissoluble fabric of many other paper constitutions, has left almost untouched its adamantine strength. Excepting the first ten amendments, which were virtually a part of the original charter, only nine others have been adopted in more than one hundred and thirty years. What other form of government has better stood the test of time?"

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Hon'ble Members, my prayer is that the Constitution that you are going to plan may similarly be reared for 'Immortality', if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title, and it may be a structure of 'adamantine strength’, which will outlast and overcome all present and future destructive forces.

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Having invited your attention to some aspects of the question of constitution-making in Europe and America, I may now profitably turn to some aspects of the question in our own country. The first definite reference to a Constituent Assembly (though not under those words or under that particular name) I have found in a statement of Mahatma Gandhi, made so far back as 1922. Mahatmaji wrote:-

"Swaraj will not be a free gift of the British Parliament. It will be a declaration of India's full self-expression, expressed through an Act of Parliament. But it will be merely a courteous ratification of the declared wish of the people of India. The ratification will be a treaty to which Britain will be a party. The British Parliament. when the settlement comes, will ratify the wishes of the people of India as expressed through the freely chosen representatives."

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The demand made by Mahatma Gandhi for a Constituent Assembly, composed of the "freely chosen representatives" of the people of India, was affirmed, from time to time, by various public bodies and political leaders, but it was not till May, 1934, that the Swaraj Party, which was then formed at Ranchi (in Bihar), formulated a scheme in which the following resolution was included:-

"This Conference claims for India the right of self-determination, and the only method of applying that principle is to convene a Constituent Assembly, representative of all sections of the Indian people, to frame an acceptable constitution."

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The policy embodied in this resolution was approved by the All-India Congress Committee, which met at Patna-the capital of Bihar-a few days later, in May, 1934; and it was thus that the scheme of a Constituent Assembly for framing the Indian Constitution was officially adopted by the Indian National Congress.

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The above resolution was confirmed at the session of the Congress held at Faizpur in December 1936. The confirming resolution declared that--

"The Congress stands for a genuine democratic State in India where political power has been transferred to the people, as a whole, and the Government is under their effective control. Such a State can only come into existence through a Constituent Assembly having the power to determine finally the constitution of the country."

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In November, 1939, the Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution which declared that-

"Recognition of India's independence and the right of her people to frame their constitution through a Constituent Assembly is essential."

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I may add that in the resolutions from which I have quoted above (those adopted at the Congress Working Committee of November 1939, and at the Faizpur session of the Congress of 1936) it was declared that the Constituent Assembly should be elected on the basis of adult suffrage. Since the Congress gave a lead on the subject in 1934, the idea of a Constituent Assembly had come to prevail largely as an article of faith in almost all the politically-minded classes in the country.

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But until the adoption of the resolution on Pakistan, in March 1940, by the Muslim League, that political organization had not favoured the idea of a Constituent Assembly as a proper and suitable method for framing a constitution for this country. After the adoption of that resolution, however, the attitude of the Muslim League seems to have undergone a change in favour of the idea of a Constituent Assembly-one for the areas claimed by the League for a separate Muslim State, and the other for the rest of India. Thus it may be stated that the idea of a Constituent Assembly, as the only direct means for the framing of a constitution in this country, came to be entertained and accepted by the two major political parties in 1940, with this difference that while the Congress desired one Constituent Assembly for India, as a whole, the Muslim League wanted two Constituent Assemblies, in accordance with its demand for two separate States in the country. Anyway, whether one or two, the idea of a Constituent Assembly being the proper method for the framing of a constitution had clearly dawned by that time on public consciousness in the country, and it was with reference to that great mental upheaval that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru declared that "it means a nation on the move, fashioning for itself a new Government of its own making, through their elected representatives".

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It remains to add that the conception of a Constituent Assembly as the most appropriate method for framing the constitution of India had also found favour with the members of the Sapru Committee in the report of which, issued last year (1945), is formulated a definite scheme for the composition of a Constituent Assembly. We are meeting, however in this Assembly today, under the scheme propounded by the British Cabinet Mission, which, though differing from the suggestions made on the subject by the Congress, the League, and other political organizations, had devised a scheme which, though not by all, had been accepted by many political parties, and also by large sections of the politically-minded classes in the country, but also by those not belonging to any political partly, as one well worth giving a trial, with a view to end the political deadlock, which had obtained for now many years past, and frustrated our aims and aspirations. I have no desire to go further into the merits of the British Cabinet Mission's scheme as that might lead me to trespass on controversial ground, which I have no, desire to traverse on the present occasion. I am aware that some parts of the scheme, propounded by the British Cabinet Mission, have been the subject of acute controversies between some of the political parties amongst us, and I do not want, there-fore, to rush in where even political angles might well fear to tread.

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Hon'ble Members, I fear I have trespassed long on your patience, and should now bring my remarks to a close. My only justification for having detained you so long is the uniqueness of this great and memorable occasion in the history of India, the enthusiasm with which this Constituent Assembly had been welcomed by large classes of people in this country, the keen interest which matters relating to it had evoked amongst various communities, and the prospect which it holds out for the final settlement of the problem of all problems, and the issue of all issues, namely, the political independence of India, and her economic freedom. I wish your labours success, and invoke Divine blessings that your proceedings may be marked not only by good sense, public spirit, and genuine patriotism, but also by wisdom, toleration, justice, and fairness to all; and above all with a vision which may restore India to her pristine glory, and give her a place of honour and equality amongst the great nations of the world. Let us not forget to justify the pride of the great Indian poet Iqbal, and his faith in the immortality of the destiny of our great, historic, and ancient country, when he summed up in these beautiful lines:

“Yunan-o-Misr-o-Roma sabmit gaye jahan se,

Baqi abhi talak hai nam-o-nishan hamara.

Kuch bat hai ke hasti mit-ti nahin hamari,

Sadion raha hai dushman daur-e-zaman hamara.”

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"Greece, Egypt, and Rome, have all disappeared from the surface of the Earth; but the name and fame of India, our country, has survived the ravages of Time and the cataclysms of ages. Surely, surely, there is an eternal element in us which had frustrated all attempts at our obliteration, in spite of the fact that the heavens themselves had rolled and revolved for centuries, and centuries, in a spirit of hostility and enmity towards us." I particularly ask of you to bring to your task a broad and catholic vision, for as the Bible justly teaches us--

"Where there is no vision the people perish." (Applause).

NOMINATION OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

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I have a proposal to make to you on purely personal grounds, and I hope You will kindly approve of it. For many years past, under medical advice, I have not been able to do any work in the afternoons, and I do not propose to sit after the luncheon recess. So for the time I am temporary Chairman, while the House is going on with the presentation of credentials and the signing of the register in the afternoon, I propose to request the House to give me the assistance of a Deputy Chairman, and I propose that Mr. Frank Anthony be nominated by you. (After a pause). I declare the motion carried.

DEATH OF MR. PRASANNA DEB RAIKUT

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Next, I am informed that a member of our Constituent Assembly, who had been duly elected, had passed away, Mr. Prasanna Deb Raikut from Bengal, and I desire on behalf of the Constituent Assembly to convey our condolence to his relations. I think I may take it as carried.

PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AND SIGNING OF THE REGISTER

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Now I think we shall start the formal business which is the presentation of credentials and the signing of the Register. I will present my credentials to myself. Though Hon'ble Members must pass through certain formalities, I have cut out from the procedure the coming of members to the platform to shake hands with the Chairman after signing the Register. We tested this matter yesterday, and found that it would take about a minute and a half, if not two minutes, if after signing his name each member were to ascend this platform by the circuitous route, and shake hands with the Chairman, and then return to this seat. So, I have thought that that formality may be dispensed with. The Secretary will now call out the names of Hon'ble Members, who will come up, present to him their credentials, sign the Register, and go back to their seats.

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The following Members then presented their credentials and signed their names in the Register:-

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MADRAS

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1. The Hon'ble Sri C. Rajagopalachari.

2. Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya.

3. The Hon'ble Sri T. Prakasam.

4. The Hon'ble Dewan Bahadur Sir N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar.

5. Diwan Bahadur Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar.

6. Shrimati Ammu Swaminathan, M.L.A. (Central).

7. Mr. S. H. Prater, O.B.E., J.P., C.M.Z.S., M.L.A. (Bombay).

8. Dr. P. Subbarayan.

9. Raja of Bobbili.

10. Sri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, M.L.A. (Central).

11. Professor N. G. Ranga, M.L.A. (Central).

12. Sri T. A. Ramalingam Chettiyar, M.L.A. (Central).

13. Sri K. Kamaraja Nadar, M.L.A.

14. Sri K. Madhava Menon, M.L.C.

15. Sri B. Shiva Rao.

16. Sri K. Santhanam.

17. Sri T. T. Krishnamachari.

18. Sri B. Gopala Reddi, M.L.A.

19. Shrimati Dakshayani Velayudan, M.L.C. (Cochin).

20. Sri V. I. Muniswami Pillai, M.L.A.

21. Sri K. Chandramouli, M.L.A.

22. Sri D. Govinda Doss, M,.L.A.

23. Rev. Jerome D'Souza, S.J.

24. Sri Ramanath Goenka.

25. Sri H. Sitarama Reddi, M.L.A.

26. Sri U. Srinivasa Mallayya.

27. Sri Kala Venkata Rao, M.L.A.

28. Sri P. Kunhiraman.

29. Shrimati G. Durgabai.

30. Sri P. Kakkan, M.L.A.

31. Sri N. Sanjeeva Reddi, M.L.A.

32. Sri O. P. Ramaswami Reddiyar, M.L.C.

33. Sri C. Perumalswami Reddi, M.L.C.

34. Sri M. C. Veerabahu Pillai.

35. Mr. T. J. M. Wilson, M.L.A.

36. Sri P. L. Narasimha Raju, M.L.A.

37. Sri S. Nagappa, M.L.A.

38. Sri L. Krishnaswami Bharathi.

39. Sri O. V. Alagesan.

40. Sri V. C. Kesava Rao.

41. Dr. V. Subrahmanyam.

42. Sri C. Subrahmanyam.

43. Sri V. Nadimuthu Pillai.

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BOMBAY

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1. The Hon'ble Sardar Vallabhbhai J. Patel.

2. The Hon'ble Mr. B. G. Kher.

3. The Rt. Hon'ble Dr. M. R. Jayakar, P.C.

4. Mr. K M. Munshi.

5. Mr. Shankar Dattatraya Deo.

6. Mr. Narhar Vishnu Gadgil.

7. Mr. S. K. Patil.

8. Mrs. Hansa Mehta, M.L.C.

9. Dr. Joseph Alban D'Souza, M.L.A.

10. Mr. M. R. Masani, M.L.A. (Central)

11. Mr. R. M. Nalavade. M.L.A.

12. Mr. B. M. Gupta, M.L.A.

13. Mr. S. Nijalingappa.

14. Mr. R. R. Diwakar,

15. Mr. S. N. Mane, M.L.A.

16. Mr. Khandubhai Kasanji Desai.

17. Mr. H. V. Pataskar, M.L.A.

18. Mr. Kanayalal Nanabhai Desai, M.L.A.

19. Mr. K. M. Jedhe.

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BENGAL

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1. Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose.

2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

3. Mr. Kiran Shankar Roy, M.L.A.

4 Mr. Frank Reginald Anthony, M.L.A. (Central)

5. Mr. Satya Ranjan Baksi.

6. Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh.

7. Sir Uday Chand Mahtab, K.C.I.E., M.L.A.

8. Dr. Suresh Chandra Banerjee, M.L.A.

9 Mr. Debi Prosad Khaitan, M.L.A.

10. Mrs. Leela Ray.

11. Mr. Damber Singh Gurung, M.L.A.

12. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookherjee, M.L.A.

13. Mr. Ashutosh Mallick, M.L.A.

14. Mr. Radhanath Das, M.L.A.

15. Mr. Promatha Ranjan Thakur, M.L.A.

16. Mr. Hem Chandra Nasker, M.L.A.

17. Mr. Somnath Lahiri.

18. Mr. Rajkumar Chakravarty.

19. Mr. Priyaranjan Sen.

20. Mr. Prafulla Chandra Sen.

21. Mr. J. C. Majumdar.

22. Mr. Surendra Mohan Ghose.

23. Mr. Arun Chandra Guha.

24. Mr. Dhananjoy Roy, M.L.A.

25. Mr. Dhirendra Nath Datta, M.L.A.

26. Mr. Prasanna Deb Raikut - Passed away before taking his seat in the Assembly.

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UNITED PROVINCES

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1. Acharya J. B. Kripalani.

2. The Hon'ble Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant.

3. The Hon'ble Shri Purushottam Das Tandon.

4. The Hon'ble Pt. Hirday Nath Kunzru.

5. Shri Govind Malaviya, M.L.A. (Central).

6. Pt. Shri Krishna Dutt Paliwal, M.L.A. (Central).

7. Shri Mohan Lal Saksena, M.L.A. (Central).

8. Acharya Jugal Kishore, M.L.A.

9. Mrs. Purnima Banerji, M.L.A.

10. Shri Sri Prakasa, M.L.A. (Central).

11. Shrimati Sucheta Kripalani.

12. Sardar Jogendra Singh, M.L.A. (Central)

13. Shri Damodar Swarup Seth, M.L.A. (Central).

14. Shri Algu Rai Shastri, M.L.A.

15. Shri Banshi Dhar Misra, M.L.A.

16. Shri Bhagwan Din, M.L.A.

17. Shri Kamlapati Tiwari, M.L.A.

18. Shrimati Kamla Chaudhri.

19. Raja Jagannath Bakhsh Singh, M.L.A.

20. Shri Harihar Nath Shastri, M.L.A.

21. Shri Gopal Narain, M.L.A.

22. Shri Feroze Gandhi.

23. Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor.

24. The Hon'ble Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

25. The Hon'ble Mr. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai.

26. Sir S. Radhakrishnan.

27. Shri Dayal Das Bhagat, M.L.A.

28. Shri A. Dharam Das, M.L.A.

29. Shri Gopi Nath Srivastava.

30. Shri Dharam Prakash.

31. Shri Ajit Prasad Jain, M.L.A.

32. Shri Ram Chandra Gupta, M.L.C.

33. Shri Pragi Lal, M.L.A.

34. Shri Phool Singh, M.L.A.

35. Shri Masuria Din, M.L.A.

36. Shri Shibban Lal Saksena.

37. Shri Khurshed Lal.

38. Shri. Sunder Lal.

39. Shri Har Govind Pant, M.L.A.

40. Shri R. V. Dhulekar, M.L.A.

41. Shri Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi, M.L.A.

42. Shri Venkatesh Narayan Tivary, M.L.A

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PUNJAB

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1. Diwan Chaman Lall, M.L.A. (Central).

2. Sardar Harnam Singh.

3. Sardar Kartar Singh, M.L.A.

4. Sardar Ujjal Singh, M.L.A.

5. The Hon'ble Mr. Mehr Chand Khanna.

6. Sardar Pratap Singh, M.L.A.

7. Bakhshi Sir Tek Chand.

8. Sardar Prithvi Singh Azad, M.L.A.

9. Pandit Shri Ram Sharma, M.L.A.

10. Rao Bahadur Chaudhri Suraj Mal, M.L.A.

11. Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava, M.L.A.

12. Chaudhri Harbhaj Ram, M.L.A.

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BIHAR

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1. The Hon'ble Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

2. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu.

3. The Hon'ble Mr. Jagjivan Ram

4. The Hon'ble Mr. Shri Krishna Sinha.

5. Mr. Satyanarayan Sinha, M.L.A. (Central).

6. The Hon'ble Maharajadhiraja Sir Kameshwara Singh, K.C.I.E., of Darbhanga.

7. Dr. P. K. Sen.

8. The Hon'ble Mr. Anugrahnarayan Sinha.

9. Mr. Banarsi Prasad Jhunjhunwala, M.L.A. (Central).

10. The Hon'ble Rai Bahadur Sri Narain Mahtha.

11. Mr. Deshbandhu Gupta, M.L.A. (Central).

12. Mr. Ramnarayan Singh, M.L.A. (Central).

13. Mr. A. K. Ghosh, M.L.A.

14. Mr. Bhagwat Prasad, M.L.A.

15. Mr. Boniface Lakra, M.L.C.

16. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Sinha, M.L.A.

17. Mr. Phulan Prasad Varma, M.L.A.

18. Mr. Mahesh Prasad Sinha, M.L.A.

19. Mr. Sarangdhar Sinha, M.L.A.

20. Rai Bahadur Syamanandan Sahaya, M.L.A., C.I.E.

21. Mr. Brajeshwar Prashad.

22. Mr. Jaipal Singh.

23. Mr. Chandrika Ram, M.L.C.

24. Mr. Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav, M.L.A.

25. Mr. Jagat Narain Lall, M.L.A.

26. Mr. Jadubans Sahay, M.L.A.

27. Mr. Guptanath Singh, M.L.A.

28. Mr. Dip Narayan Sinha, M.L.A.

29. Mr. Devendra Nath Samanta, M.L.C.

30. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, M.L.A.

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C.P. AND BERAR

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1. The Hon'ble Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla.

2. Dr. Sir Hari Singh Gour.

3. The Hon'ble Mr. Brijlal Nandlal Biyani.

4. Mr. Rustom khurshedji Sidhwa, M.L.A.

5. Seth Govinddas, M.L.A. (Central).

6. Thakur Chhedilal, M.L.A.

7. Mr. Hari Vishnu Kamath.

8. Mr. Cecil Edward Gibbon, M.L.A.

9. Mr. Shankar Tryambak Dharmadhikar.

10. Guru Agamdas Agarmandas, M.L.A.

11. Dr. Punjabrao Shamrao Deshmukh.

12. Mr. B. A. Mandloi, M.L.A.

13. Mr. H. J. Khandekar.

14 Mr. L. S. Bhatkar, M.L.A.

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ASSAM

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1. The Hon'ble Srijut Gopinath Bardoloi.

2. The Hon'ble Rev. J. J. M. Nichols-Roy.

3. Srijut Omeo Kumar Das, M.L.A.

4 The Hon'ble Srijut Basanta Kumar Das.

5. Srijut Dharanidhar Basu Matari, M.L.A.

6. Srijut Rohini Kumar Chaudhury, M.L.A. (Central).

7. Babu Akshay Kumar Das, M.L.A.

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N.W. F. PROVINCE

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1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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ORISSA

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1. The Hon'ble Sri Hare-Krushna Mahtab.

2. Mrs. Malati Chowdhury.

3. Sri Biswanath Das.

4. Sri Bodhram Dube, M.L.A.

5. Sri Lakshminarayan Sahu, M.L.A.

6. Mr. B. Das.

7. Sri Nandakishore Das.

8. Sri Raj Krushna Bose, M.L.A.

9. Sri Santanu Kuram Das, M.L.A.

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It has been brought to my notice that there is no Speaker in Sind as there is no legislature there now. Under the circumstances, the Secretary of the Assembly there, has signed the credentials certificates. They may be accepted.

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SIND

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1. Mr. Jairamdas Daulatram.

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DELHI

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1. The Hon’ble Mr. M. Asaf Ali.

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AJMER-MERWARA

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1. Pt. Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava, M.L.A. (Central).

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COORG

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1. Mr. C. M. Poonacha, M.L.C.

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If any Hon'ble Member's name has not been called through oversight, he will stand and his-name will be called out. He will then come and sign his name in the Register.

(No one stood up.)

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That finishes our, agenda for today. Therefore, there will be no sitting in the afternoon. The Assembly will meet tomorrow. A new agenda will be Prepared, which is not yet ready. I have asked the Constitutional Adviser's Office to circulate the agenda to Hon'ble Members, if possible by this evening, and I hope it may be done. If you so desire, the Assembly will meet at 11 A.M. or 11-30.

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We shall meet at 11.

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DEATH OF MR. PRASANNA DEB RAIKUT

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