Sir, I will omit the word “date“, and so my amendment will substitute the words “Every person at the commencement of this Constitution” for the words “At the date of commencement of this Constitution every person who“. I shall explain the necessity for this amendment at once. The expression “date of commencement of this Constitution” is not proper. We have throughout this Constitution always referred to the “commencement of this Constitution” That clearly and distinctly refers to the “date” of the commencement. Commencement only refers to the date. So, the “date’ of the commencement of this Constitution” is unnecessary. Therefore I have sought to remove the words “date of“. It is unnecessary and in other contexts it does not appear. The rest of this amendment is merely a rearrangement of the article to give more emphasis to the words “every person“. That is my first amendment.
