PART VI
THE STATES
Chapter III.-The State Legislatur
Legislative Procedure
199. Definition of “Money Bills”.-
(1) For the purposes of this
Chapter, a Bill shall be deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only
provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of
any tax;
(b) the regulation of the borrowing of money or the giving of any
gurantee by the State, or the amendment of the law with respect to any
financial obligations undertaken or to be undertaken by the State;
(c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund or the Contingency Fund of
the State, the payment of moneys into or the withdrawal of moneys from
any such Fund;
(d) the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the
State;
(e) the declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure charged on the
Consolidated Fund of the State, or the increasing of the amount of any
such expenditure;
(f) the receipt of money on account of the Consolidated Fund of the
State or the public account of the State or the custody or issue of
such money; or
(g) any matter incidental to any of the matters specified in
sub-clauses (a) to (f).
(2) A Bill shall not be deemed to be a Money Bill 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) If any question arises whether a Bill introduced in the
Legislature of a State which has a Legislative Council is a Money Bill
or not, the decision of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of
such State thereon shall be final.
(4) There shall be endorsed on every Money Bill when it is transmitted
to the Legislative Council under article 198, and when it is presented
to the Governor for assent under article 200, the certificate of the
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly signed by him that it is a Money
Bill.
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