Part V · Legislative Procedure
Article 109 Special procedure in respect of Money Bills.
This article gives the House of the People sole control over Money Bills. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States. After the House of the People passes one, the Council has fourteen days. The Council returns it with recommendations. The House of the People may accept or reject them.
- (1) A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States.
- (2) After a Money Bill has been passed by the House of the People it shall be transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations and the Council of States shall within a period of fourteen days from the date of its receipt of the Bill return the Bill to the House of the People with its recommendations and the House of the People may thereupon either accept or reject all or any of the recommendations of the Council of States.
- (3) If the House of the People accepts any of the recommendations of the Council of States, the Money Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses with the amendments recommended by the Council of States and accepted by the House of the People.
- (4) If the House of the People does not accept any of the recommendations of the Council of States, the Money Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses in the form in which it was passed by the House of the People without any of the amendments recommended by the Council of States.
- (5) If a Money Bill passed by the House of the People and transmitted to the Council of States for its recommendations is not returned to the House of the People within the said period of fourteen days, it shall be deemed to have been passed by both Houses at the expiration of the said period in the form in which it was passed by the House of the People.
What it means
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This article gives the House of the People sole control over Money Bills. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States. After the House of the People passes one, the Council has fourteen days. The Council returns it with recommendations. The House of the People may accept or reject them. If the Council does not return the Bill in fourteen days, it is deemed passed by both Houses.