What are the Special provisions as to financial Bills? What are Rules of procedure? What is Regulation by law of procedure in Parliament in relation to financial business? Article 117, 118 and 119 of Constitution of India, 1949
Special provisions as to financial Bills, Rules of procedure and Regulation by law of procedure in Parliament in relation to financial business are defined under Article 117, 118 and 119 of Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Articles are:
Article 117 of Constitution of India "Special provisions as to financial Bills"
(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) 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 licenses 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) 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.
Article 118 of Constitution of India "Rules of procedure"
(1) Each House of Parliament may make rules for regulations,
subject to the provisions of this Constitution, its
procedure and the conduct of its business.
(2) Until rules are made under clause (1), the rules of
procedure and standing orders in force immediately before
the commencement of this Constitution with respect to the
Legislature of the Dominion of India shall have effect in
relation to Parliament subject to such modifications and
adaptations as may be made therein by the Chairman of the
Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People,
as the case may be.
(3) The President, after 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 communications between, the two
Houses.
(4) At a joint sitting of the two Houses the Speaker of the
House of the People, or in his absence such person as may be
determined by rules of procedure made under clause (3),
shall preside.
Article 119 of Constitution of India "Regulation by law of procedure in Parliament in relation to financial business"
Parliament may, for the purpose of the timely completion of financial business, regulate by law the procedure of, and the conduct of business in, each House of Parliament in relation to any financial matter or to any Bill for the appropriation of moneys out of the consolidated Fund of India, and, if and so far as any provision of any law so made is inconsistent with any rule made by a House of Parliament under clause (1) of Article 118 or with any rule or standing order having effect in relation to Parliament under clause (2) of that Article, such provision shall prevail.