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NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1966/PHALGUNA 27, 1887

Separate pacing is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation.

LOK SABHA

The following Bill was introduced in Lok

Sabha on the 18th

March, 1966: —

BILL NO. 18 OF 1966

A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the

Republic of India as follows: —

1. (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Amendment)

Act, 1966.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

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2. In article 75 of the Constitution, after clause (1), the follow-

ing clause shall be inserted, namely: —

" (1A) The Prime Minister shall be a member of the House

of the People, and not more than one-fourth of the members of

the Council of Ministers shall be members of the Council of

States."

3. In article 164 of the Constitution, after clause (1), the following

clause shall be inserted, namely: —

" (1A) The Chief Minister shall be a member of the Legisla-

tive Assembly, and not more than one-fourth of the members

of the Council of Ministers shall be members of the Legislative

Council."

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ment of

article 75.

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ment of

article

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The highest traditions of parliamentary democracy, with a bi-

cameral set-up, demand that the Council of Ministers at the Centre

and m the States should consist mostly of members who are directly

elected by the people, and that the Prime or Chief Minister should

in no circumstances be a member who has been elected indirectly.

Hence this Bill.

NEW DELHI;

The nth February, 1966.

HARI VISHNU KAMATH.

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