Part V · Procedure in Financial Matters

Article 117 Special provisions as to financial Bills.

This article gives financial Bills special handling. Some Bills need the President’s recommendation to be introduced. These are Bills and amendments dealing with the matters of article 110. A Bill imposing such charges cannot be introduced in the Council of States. Any Bill involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund also needs the President’s recommendation before a House passes it.

1. (1) A Bill or amendment making provision for any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f) of clause (1) of article 110 shall not be introduced or moved except on the recommendation of the President and a Bill making such provision shall not be introduced in the Council of States: Provided that no recommendation shall be required under this clause for the moving of an amendment making provision for the reduction or abolition of any tax.
2. (2) A Bill or amendment shall not be deemed to make provision for any of the matters aforesaid by reason only that it provides for the imposition of fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered, or by reason that it provides for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body for local purposes.
3. (3) A Bill which, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India shall not be passed by either House of Parliament unless the President has recommended to that House the consideration of the Bill.

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