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In the ordinary legislation of this country whenever we refer to a section we never repeat the word “section” of this Act. So far as this Constitution is concerned we have used the word `article’ instead of ‘section’, and the wording of the Act is due to the fact that it is implied under the General Clauses Act. I submit that we should apply a similar device in this Constitution by the adoption of a new definition (bb). I have suggested in the amendment that the words are absolutely unnecessary. Whenever we refer to an article it is obvious that an article of this Constitution is always meant. I would point out respectfully that in this draft Constitution, in many places, the Article number has been given without the addition of the words ‘of this Constitution’. Even in this very Article in one place we have these words ‘of this Constitution’ and in another place, these words are not there. We may uniformly omit these words in all places.

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