Parliamentary Debates Parliament of India Saturday 24th March 1951 Part II - Proceedings other than Questions and Answers Official Report

Section 3 of the Act of 1946 says: During the session of the Cen- tral Legislature next following the date of the issue of a notification under sub-section (1) of section 2, there shall, unless the notification is in the meantime rescinded, be introduced in the Central Legisla- ture on behalf of the Central Government a Bill to give effect to the proposals of the Central Government in regard to th [...] For that purpose I gave notice of an amendment to this clause to the effect that if the notifi- cation is issued when the Parliameni is sitting, then within 15 days it has to be brought before the House in the form of a -Bill. [...] Speaker: The amendment has been accepted by the House subject to the liberty of changing the word "session" which occurs twice in the amendment to some other suitable word, as the Draughtsman may advise. [...] I will read it: "The Government of India will consider, in the light of the find- ings of the Tariff Board, the protective duties to be imposed on goods of cotton and artificial silk according as they are made in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and will invite the Legislature to pass legislation by which, where protec- tive duties are not imposed as a result of the recommendations of the Tariff B [...] Article 9 there lays down the principle and reads as follows: "The Government of India undertake, in respect of goods the growth, protection or manufacture of the United Kingdom, of the kinds specified in Schedule IV to this Agreement, which comply with the laws and statutory regulations for the time being in force defining Empire goods for the purpose of customs duties, that the difference betwee