Money bill,

Conduct of Business in the

Houses of Parliament

By Bhavapriya Sreenivas
Roll No. 21
 Money Bill
Article 110 (1) defines that 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 guarantee by the Government of India,
or the amendment of the law with respect to any
financial obligations undertaken or to be undertaken
by the Government of India;
(c) The custody of the Consolidated Fund or the
Contingency Fund of India, 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 India;
(e) The declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure
charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or the
increasing of the amount of any such expenditure;
(f) The receipt of money on account of the
Consolidated Fund of India or the public account of
India or the custody or issue of such money or the
audit of the accounts of the Union or of a State; or
(g) Any matter incidental to any of the matters
specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f).
• According to article 110(2), a Bill shall not be
deemed to be a Money Bill by reason only that it
provides for (a)the imposition of fines or other
pecuniary penalties, or
(b)for the demand or payment of fees for licences or
fees for services rendered, or
(c)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.
• If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill
or not, the decision of the Speaker of the House of
the People thereon shall be final.[art 110(3)]
• (4) There shall be endorsed on every Money Bill
when it is transmitted to the Council of States
under article 109, and when it is presented to the
President for assent under article 111, the
certificate of the Speaker of the House of the
People signed by him that it is a Money Bill.Special
procedure in money bill
• A Money Bill originates in Lok Sabha only; it cannot
be introduced in Rajya
Rajya Sabha is allowed a period of 14 days for this
purpose from the date it receives the Bill [Art.
109(2)].
• Lok Sabha is free to accept or reject any
recommendation made by Rajya Sabha relating to
the Money Bill. If Lok Sabha accepts any
recommendation, the Bill is then deemed to have
been passed by both the Houses in the modified
form. If Lok Sabha rejects all recommendations of
Rajya Sabha, the Bill is deemed to have been
passed by both Houses in the form originally passed
by Lok Sabhawithout any change [Arts. 100(3) and
(4)].
• Then it will be presented to the President for his
assent.
Rules for conduct of business in
the houses of Parliament
• Rules of procedure and conduct of business have
been formulted under Article 118(1) of the
Constitution wherein each House of the Parliament
is required to make Rules for regulating its
Procedure and conduct of business.
• Further, according to Article 118(3),the
President,aftet consultation with the chairman of
the Council of States and the Speaker of the house
of the people,may make rules as to the procedure
with respect to joint sittings of and communication
between the two houses.
• Under Article 208(1) a house ofof legislature of a
state may make rules for regulating, subject to
provisions of the Constitution, it's Procedure and
conduct of its business.
• Similarly under Article 208(3), in a state having
legislative Council, the governor may make rules as
to the procedure with respect to communications
between the two houses after consultation with the
Speaker of legislative Assembly and the chairman of
legislative Council.
• Speaker in Lok Sabha and Chairman in Rajya Sabha
are the final Interpretors of provisions of rules of
procedure and conduct of business in the House
and recommends necessary amendments or
additions to the Rule of the House.
Thank you