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Constituent Assembly Debates. Official Report Monday 23rd May 1949

1949

It is true that though the nominal authority which makes the Ordinance is that of the President he would be acting only on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister naturally would be responsible to Parliament where the ordinary remedies of responsible Ministries may take effect. [...] In spit! of thifactor I would not leave it to the exigencies or to the possibilities of party politics to see that such extraordinary powers are exercised at any time or for any time and that is why I would requIre under the constitution and by the constitution that a maximum period is prescribed to the life of an ordinance; and that a definite procedure be laid down whereby the ordinanc [...] It is with that itention that many honourable Members of this House have come forward to limit the period of time of the operation of the ordinance and to insist that thPresident shall calf a session of the Houses of Parliament at the earliest posible moment. [...] I am sure no President will act without the consent of the Cabinet and no Cabinet will act without the consent of the majority of the Members of the House. [...] Ambedkar feels that he is convinced by the arguments that have been advaced and wants to make a provision for the immediate calling of the Pr:element within the specified period of thirty days I should have no objection but T feel Sir that there is no likelihood of the legislative powers given to the Presdent being misused and the powets of the sort which have been mentioned in the arti
government politics public policy
Pages
34
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-197 unknown view
Draft Constitution
197-228 unknown view