Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces. Monday 16th May 1938. Official Report

of the total loss incurred in the Mela or does it deal only with the quetion of the responsibility of the police as to the firing which is referred: to in question no. [...] Mahmud Ullah Jung : Sir I beg to move that in rule 114 the following be added : Provided that if copies of the Bill as it is passed by the Assembly have been circulated by the Secretary to the members at least a week before the day on which the motion for consideration is set down in the list of business the period of seven days may be reduced to 48 hours." Now Sir as the honourable members w [...] Baij Nath : Sir I beg to move that to rule 114 the following be added : !'Provided that if copies of the Bill as passed by the Assembly have been despatched to members seven days before the date on which the Bill is laid on the table of the Council a motion for consideration may be made at any time after the expiry of three clear days from the date on which the Bill is laid on the table of the C [...] I think if a shorter time had been put down for this purpose that would have been still better; but looking to the desire of the members to take the opinion of the members of their party and also to the convnience of the mover of the amendment so that we may have ample time for discussion I think the middle course of three days is most reasonable and I therefore wholeheartedly support the am [...] The amendment moved was that the following proviso be added to rule 114 : Provided that if copies of the Bill as it is passed by the Assembly have been circulated by the Secretary to the members at least a week before the day on which the motion for consideration is set down in the list of business the period of seven days may be reduced to 48 hours." Since when an amendment has been moved that