PART VI
207. Special provisions as to financial Bills.-THE STATES Chapter III.-The State Legislatur Procedure in Financial Matters (1) A Bill or
amendment making provision for any of the matters specified in
sub-clauses (a) to (f) of clause (1) of article 199 shall not be
introduced or moved except on the recommendation of the Governor, and
a Bill making such provision shall not be introduced in a Legislative
Council: 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 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) A Bill which, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of a State shall not be passed
by a House of the Legislature of the State unless the Governor has
recommended to that House the consideration of the Bill.
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