REGISTERED No. D-28
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION,
New Delhi, the 26th November 1948.
NO. CA/13/Cons/48.—The following amendments made by the Constituent Assembly of India in the Constituent Assembly Rules are published for general information. The amendments to Rules 5-A, 5-B, 51 and the Schedule shall have effect from 2nd August 1948 and the amendment to the Annexure to the Schedule from 3rd August 1948.
AMENDMENTS
(1) For rules 5-A and 5-B of the said rules the following rule shall be substituted: —
"5-A. When a vacancy occurs by reason of death, resignation or otherwise in the office of a, member of the Assembly representing an Indian State or more than one Indian States specified in column 1 of the Annexure to the Schedule to these rules, the President shall notify the vacancy and make a request in writing to the authority specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Annexure to proceed to fill the_ vacancy as soon as may reason- ably be practicable by election or by nomination, as the case may be, in the case of the States specified in Part I of the said Annexure, and by election in the .ease of the States specified in Part II of that Annexure:
Provided that in the case of the States specified in Part I of, the said Annexure, where the seat was filled previously by nomination, the vacancy may be filled by election:
Provided further that in. making a request to fill a vacancy by election under this rule the President may 'also request that the election be completed within such time as may be specified by him-"
(2) The existing rule 158-P o,f the said rules shall be renumbered as sub-rule (1)" of rule 88-P and to the said rule as so renumbered the following sub-rules shall be added:—
"(2) The President shall have the power to disallow amendments which seek to make merely verbal, grammatical or formal changes.
(8) The President shall also have the power to select for consideration and voting by the House the more appropriate ox .comprehensive amendment or amendments out of the amendments of .similar import and any such amend- ment' not HO selected may, unless withdrawn, be deemed to have been moved and may be put to the vote without discussion."
( 1901 )
]flO2 THE GAZETTE OF IKDTA EXTEAOBDINABY, DEC. 4, 104$(3) Aiter rule UB-U ol thu said rule* the following rules shall be inserted:—
'88-V. Authentication of Bill by the President and publication thereof aa Act.—When a, Bill referred U) in rule B8-A is passed by the Assembly, the President shall authenticate the same , by affixing his signature thereto. When Lhu Bill haa been so authenticated it shall become an Act and shall be published in the (la/.ette of India.'
"88-W. Definition.-—.In thib Clitipter (excepting in rules 88-U and 88-V thereof), the expression 'President' includes tmy person for the time being presiding over the Assembly."
(4) For clause (b) of rule 51 of the said rules the following clause shall be substituted;—.
"(b) 'Tieturned candidate' means a candidate whose name has been published in the appropriate Official Gazette as a duly eleoted member of the Assembly and includes a candidate whose name has boen reported to the President in the manner provided in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to these "rules as a duly chosen representative of any Indian State or States specified in column 1 of the Annexure to that Schedule."
(5) For paragraphs 8, 4, 5 and t) of the Schedule to the said rules the following paragraphs shall bo substituted : —
" 8. (1) When the representation allotted in the Assembly to the States, individual or grouped, or the grouping of the States for the purpose of such representation is ultered by an order made under paragraph 2, or by an amend- ment of the Annexure to this Schedule, the President may, by order—
(a) re-assign members representing a State, or States to such State or States as may be specified in tho order;
(b) declare the seat or seats of any member or members of the Assembly representing any Btato or States affected by an order under paragraph 2 or an amendment of the. Annexure to this Schedule, as the case may be, to be vacant.
(2) Any member who has been re-assigned to a State or States by an order made under dause (a) of sub-paragraph (]) a.nd whose seat has not been declared vacant under clause (b) of that sub-paragraph shall as from the date of the order be deeme_d to be a duly chosen representative of such State or States.
(3) A member whose scat has been declared vacant by an order made undqr clausq (b) of sub-paragraph (1) shall, if it is so specified in the order, continue to hold office, as member of the Assembly until his successor has been duly elected and has taken his seat in the Assembly.
4. (1) Not less than fifty per1 cent of the total representatives of the State.8 specified in column 1 of Part I of the Annexure to this Schedule in the Assembly shall bo elected by the elected me_m6ers of the legislatures of the States concerned, or where such legislatures do not exist, by the members of electoral colleges constituted in accordance with the provisions made in thia, behalf by the. authorities specified in the corresponding entries in column 8 of that Part. •
(2) All vacancies in the seats in the Assembly allotted to the States specified in column 1 of Part II of the Annexure to this Schedule shall be filled by eleo- tion and the representatives of such States to bo chosen to fill such seats shaHV be elected by tho eleoted members of tho legislatures of the States concerned, op where such legislatures do not exist, by the members of electoral colleges constituted in accordance with the provisions made in thia behalf by tho authori- ties specified in the corresponding entries in column 8 of "that Part.
TjKE GAZETTE OF 1NCIA E X T B A O B D I N A B - Y, DEO. 4, 1948 lfiO36- On the completion of the election or nomination, as the case may be, of the representative or roproseututives of any State or States specified in column 1 of the Annexure to thin Schedule in the Constituent Assembly, Jhe authority mentioned in the corresponding entry in column £3 of that Annexure shall make a notification under bis signature and the seal of bis office stilting the name or names of the person or persons so elected or nominated and .cause it to be communicated to the President of the Assembly."
(6) For the Annexuro to the Schedule to the said rules the following
Annexuro shall be substituted:—- l
"ANNEXUEE
PAJIT I
Nmne of Stato or States
Authority for the purpoae of the ohooBlng'of representatives in the Constituent Assembly
Number of seats allot ted in tho Cons- tituent Assem- bly
1
2
3
H Y D E R A B AD
Ruler of Hyderabad .Kuier of Mv"nw* Ruler of Kunhmlr
ituipr ot riaroda. Jrtuier of iravanoore.
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10 7 4 3 6 1 o 3
MYSORE KASHMIR BARODA TRAVANCORE . . .. COCHIN J O D H P UR . .. J A I P UR . , . B I K A N ER -• J • * "• J | _*• ^ _1_1J_1_U • P V • *
1 ii
ii
i
Ruler of Jodhpur. -tvuier or J aipur* Ruler of Bikaner. Ruler of BhopaL -tvmer ot ivolhapur. naisr ot Mayurbban], x^uior or Coooh Behar.
i
Rul©r nf Trlm-i'**!.
-*-VU-l\{l (Jl - if JPUPQ,
i
BHOPALKOLHAPUR MAYTTRBHANJ S I K K IM AND 0 O O 0H B E H AR T R I P U RA "I M A N I P UR V . .. K H A SI STATES J RAMPUR \ . . .. BENARES /
itvuor of Rarapur.
40
PABT II
ORISSA STATES j
Athgarh AthnuUik Barara Barumba Baudh Bouai Daspalla Dhenkanal Qanffpur Hindol KaLvhandi
Governor of. Oriasa.
(23) BlQonjhar., Khandpara NaTHlnghpur Nayagarh Nllgiri Pal Lahara Patna Rairakhol Runpur Sonepur Taloher Tigiria
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CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR STATES :
Baatar
nVihnik^HftT^
Jashpur
Banker
Kawardha
G o v e r n or of t he C e n t r al P r o v l n-
a
06B a nd B e r a r.
(IS) Khoiragorh
Keie-a
Nandgaon
Raigarh
Sakti
Santftgarh
Surguja
Udaipur
Makmi
J
M A D R AS S T A T ES i
1 G o v e r n or of l l a d i t a *.
B a n g a n a p p a l to \ P f t d u k k D t t al /
B O M B AY S T A T E Si
,
R a j p i p la . . . . . . "j P a l a i i p ur . . . . .. C a m b ay . . . . .. D h a r u m p i ir B a l a s i n or , . / . .. B a r ia . . . . .. O h h o ta U d e p ur . . . .. S a nt L u n a w a da . . . . .. B a n s da . . . . .. S a o h in J a w h ar . * • • •. D a n ta . . . . .. J a n j i ra . . . . .. S a n g ll S a v a n t v a di . . . .. M u d h ol
( 3 8) B h or
V 4
G o v e r n or of B o m b a y. J a r o k l i a n di . . . .. M i r ai ( S r .) M l r a] ( J r .) K u r u n d w ad ( S r .) . . .. K u n i n d w a d - f J r .) . . .. A k a l k ot P b a l t an J a th . - . . .. A u n db • • . • • R a m d r ug . . . . .. I d ar B o d h o n p ur . . . .. S i r o bi S a v a a ur . . *. W a di V I j a y a n * gM . . , J a m b u g h o da . . . . . £ 71 m i n or s t a t e s, ( t h a n a a, e t c .) .
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRA0ED1NABY, DEC. 4, 1948 1905 2 3 1H I M A C H AL P R A D E S H:
"
B a s h a hr S i r m ur . . . . .. C h a m ba M f t n dl S u k of B a g h al B a g h at . . . . .. B a l f l an B h a j ji
Chief CommiBBlonar of Himaohal
1
( 2 1 ) B i ja
Pradeah.
D a r k o ti D h a ml J u b b al K e o n t h al K u m h a r s a in . . . .. K u n i h ar . . . . .. K u t h ar . . . . .. M f l h l og . . . . .. M a n g al . . . . .. S a n g ri . . . . .. Tbaroaoh
J
UNITED STATE OF KATHIAWAR
4
(SAURASHTRA)
2
4
Rajpramukh of the State. Rajpramukh of the State. Rajprumukh of tho State. Rajpramukh of the State,
4
UNITED STATE OF MATSYA UNITED STATE OF RAJASTHAN. UNITED STATE OF VINDHYA PRADESH UNITED STATE OF GWALIOB-INDORE.
Rajpramukh of tho State,
7
MALWA (MADHYA BHARAT) .
PATIALA AND EAST PUNJAB STATES
Rajpramukh of the Unioa.
3
UNION
1
Chief Commisaionor of Cutoh.
OUTOH
Administrator of Junagadh,
1
JUNAGADH^
RESIDUABY STATES i
Joldalmer Saildur Tehri-aarhwal Bilaspur
1
BIHAR STATES:
Such authority aa may he ap- . pointed by the Govamment of India.
•IT
Seraikela Ebaraavaa
BAST PUNJAB STATES:
Lobaru . . . . .. Pataudi Dujana . . . . . . ,
40
Total
Grand tot"J of Parts I and II .
By Order,
S, Ni MUKEKTEE, ffo^ Secj.
1006 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, DTCC. 4, 1948 1CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OP IJJDIA (LEGISLATIVE}
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the Uh December, 1018
No- F. 85-II/48-A.—The Honourable the President of the Constituent Assembly of India, in Qxercise of (he. power conferred by sub-section (2) (a) of section 19 of the Government 6f India Act, ]'."5, as adapted by the Tndia (Pro- visional Constitution) Orders, 1947, is pleased to direct that a session of the Constituent Assembly for discharging its functions as ihe "Dominion Legislature under the Government of hidia Ac I,, 1035, shall commence at New Delhi on Tuesday, tho 1st February, 1W49 at 10-45 A.M.
M. N. KAUL, Secy.