What is the Assent to Bills? What is Bill reserved for consideration? Article 200 and 201 of Constitution of India, 1949
Assent to Bills and Bill reserved for consideration are defined under Article 200 and 201 of Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Article are:
Article 200 of Constitution of India "Assent to Bills"
When a Bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly
of a State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative
Council, has been passed by both Houses of the Legislature
of the State, it shall be presented to the Governor and the
Governor shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or
that he withholds assent therefrom or that he reserves the
Bill for the consideration of the President:
Provided that the Governor may, as soon as possible after
the presentation to him of the Bill for assent, return the
Bill if it is not a Money Bill together with a message
requesting that the House or Houses 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 House or Houses shall reconsider the Bill
accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the House or
Houses with or without amendment and presented to the
Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent
therefrom:
Provided further that the Governor shall not assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which in the opinion of the Governor would, if it became law, so derogate from the powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by this Constitution designed to fill.
Article 201 of Constitution of India "Bill reserved
for consideration"
When a Bill is reserved by a Governor for the consideration
of the President, the President shall declare either that he
assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom:
Provided that, where the Bill is not a Money Bill, the
President may direct the Governor to return the Bill to the
House or, as the case may be, the Houses of the Legislature
of the State together with such a message as it mentioned in
the first proviso to Article 200 and, when a Bill is so
returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider it
accordingly within a period of six months from the date of
receipt of such message and, if it is again passed by the
House or Houses with or without amendment, it shall be
presented again to the President for his consideration.