Mr. President, Sir, I have the honour to move:
“That after Rule 5 of the Constituent Assembly Rules the following new rule be inserted:–
‘5-A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Rules 4 and 5 above, the Governor General of India, may in pursuance of His Majesty’s Government’s Statement of June 3, 1947, order; fresh elections to the Constituent Assembly from the areas mentioned in para 14 of that Statement and thereupon the members already elected from the said areas, whether or not they have taken their seats in the Assembly in the manner prescribed in Rule 3, shall be deemed to have vacated their seats; and the members newly elected shall be deemed to have been duly elected as members of the Assembly.’
This Rule shall have retrospective effect from June 3, 1947.”