Article 109 Constitution: Special procedure in respect of Money Bills

Article 109: Special procedure in respect of Money Bills

(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.

Questions on this article

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1. A Money Bill, as defined under Article 110, can only be introduced in which House?
2. Under Article 110(4), the certificate of the Speaker of the House of the People, signed by him, that a Bill is a Money Bill must be endorsed on the Bill:
3. Assertion (A): The President cannot return a Money Bill to the Houses of Parliament for reconsideration. Reason (R): Under Article 109(1), a Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Council of States.