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PART V THE UNION · CHAPTER II.— PARLIAMENT · Legislative Procedure

Article 111: Assent to Bills

The Constitution of India

When a Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament, it shall be presented to the President, and the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill, or that he withholds assent therefrom:

Provided that the President may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of a Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill to the Houses with a message requesting that they will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message, and when a Bill is so returned, the Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the Houses with or without amendment and presented to the President for assent, the President shall not withhold assent therefrom.

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  1. 1. The President returns a Bill, which is not a Money Bill, to the Houses of Parliament with a message requesting reconsideration of certain provisions. Both Houses pass the Bill again without any amendment and present it to the President for assent. The President:

  2. 2. The three types of veto power available to the President over an ordinary bill are absolute veto, suspensive veto, and:

  3. 3. 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:

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