PART VI
200. Assent to Bills.-THE STATES Chapter III.-The State Legislatur Legislative Procedure 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.
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