 the represent a tion of the people (third amendment) bill, 195"6(as introduced in lok sabha)  amendment) bill,1956 (as introduced in lok sabha) a billfurther to amend· the representation of the people act, 1950 be it enacted by parliament in the seventh year of the republic of india as follows:':" 1 this act may be called the representation of the people (third short title amendment) act, 1956 43 of 1950 ~7 of 1955 5 2 in part iii, after section 23 of the representation of the people insertion of act, 1950, the following section shall be inserted, namely: -new section z4· "24 (1) subject to the provisions of sections 16, 17 and 18, every te~?ra~ person who has been registered before the 1st day of november, fr~lu::~~ ~f 1956, as a citizen of india under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of cer~ain rcwly 10 section 5 of the citizenship act, 1955, shall be entitled to be register- ~~~aet:!~d ed in the electoral roll for a constituency, if that person on the 1st day of march, 1956, wa3 not less than 21 years of age and was ordi-" narily resident in that constituency (2) every authority registering as citizens of india under the 15 said clause (a) persons ordinarily resident in a constituency shall as soon as may be after the 31st day of october 1956 and not later than the 31st day of december 1956, send to the electoral registration officer for the constituency a list in the prescribed form of all persons so registered who on the 1st day of march, 1956, were not 20 less than 21 years of age (3) upon receiving a list under sub-section (2), the electoral registration officer shall, after inquiring into the correctness of the list in such manner as may be prescribed, direct the inclusion in the electoral roll of the names of all persons included in the list who in 25 his opinion, are entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for the constituency under sub-section (1) "  statement of objects and reasonsit is proposed to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, in order that the displaced persons who migrated from pakistan can exercise their right of franchise in the next general elections in accordance with the assurance given in parliament when· the citizenship bill was under discussion under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950, a person's name cannot be included in the electoral roll of a constituency, unless he is a citizen of india and was ordinarily resident in that constituency on the 1st march, 1956 the drst step required to be taken, therefore, is to register the displaced persons as citizens of ind:a the citizenship rules have come into force on the 7th july, 1956, and arrangements have been made for the registration of peruons as citizens of india under section 5 (1) (a) of the citizenship act, 1955 considering the number of such persons in the various states (and particularly in west bengal where it runs into lakhs), the work of registration is not likely to be completed before the end of october, 1956 by that time, the electoral rolls for the year 1956 now under preparation are expected to be ready for final publication in most places it will not, therefore, be possible, without some special provision, for the el~tion machinery to include in the electoral roll the names of displaced persons who would be registered ascttizens of india under section 5 (1) (a) of the said act 2 in these circumstances, the best course appears to be to amend the representation of the people act, 1950, making a special and temporary provision to achieve the object in view it is proposed that every authority registering as citizens under section 5 (1) (a) of the citizenship act persons ordinarily resident in a constituency should by the 31st december, 1956, send to the electoral registration officer for the constituency a list of all persons so registered who, on the 1st march, 1956, were not less than 21 years ot &ge on receiving the list, the electoral registration officer shall, after making due inquiries, direct the inclusion in the electoral roll of the names of all persons included in the list who, in his opinion, are entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for the constituency this special procedure will be available only to those displaced persons who are registered as citizens under section 5 (1) (a) of the citizenship act before 1st november, 1956, and who were ordinarily resident in india in some constituency or other on 1st march, 1956 new delhi; c c biswas th~ 29th aug1l8t, 1956 a bill further to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 (shri c c binoas, minister of lard) 