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RAJYA SABHA

The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 1st

April, 1966: —

BILL NO. II 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. This Act may be called the Constitution (Amendment) Act,

1966.

Short title.

2. In article 102 of the Constitution, in clause (1), after sub-

clause (d), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely: —

"(dd) if he uses or threatens to use physical force in any

manner within the precincts of Parliament House against any

other member of Parliament or any Officer of Parliament for

any reason whatsoever;".

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3- In article 191 of the Constitution, in clause (1), after §uK-

clause (d), the following sub-clause shall -be Inserted, namely: —

"(dd) If he uses or threatens to use physical force in

any manner within the precincts of the legislature of a State

against any other member of the legislature or any Officer of th«

legislature for any reason whatsoever;".

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

Certain trends have recently appeared in the public life of the

country which threaten the smooth working of democratic institu-

tions and endanger the strengthening and developing of democracy

in India. These trends have in the case of one Legislature in India

taken the form of the use of physical force by some members of the

Legislature against some other members and against the symbols of

authority of the Presiding Officer. These are dangerous forms and

they will prevent the proper functioning of democracy which is

based on the creation and conversion of opinion by argument and

debate and on decisions on matters being reached by a peacefully

recorded vote.

The use of physical force in support of one's opinions and for

securing certain decisions in a democratic institution has therefor*

to be prevented in the interests of the future of democracy in India.

A member of a legislature who uses physical force and not merely

argument and vote to carry his point has no place in a democratic

legislative set-up. The Bill seeks to disqualify such a person from

the membership of the Legislature, whether of a State or of the

Union.

JAIRAMDAS DAULATRAM.

B. N. BANERJEE,

Secretory.

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