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Procedure for Money Bills PRESIDING OFFICER OF
Money Bills deal with imposition, abolition or
alteration of any tax; regulations governing,
borrowing of money and funds related to
Consolidated or Contingency Fund of India. The
procedure for money bill is as follows :
g A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the
Council of States.
g After a Money Bill has been passed by the
House of the People, it shall be transmitted
to the Council of States for its recommenda-
tions and the Council of States shall within a
period of fourteen days from the date of its
receipt of the Bill, returns the Bill to the
House of the People with its recommenda-
tions and the House of the People may
thereupon either accept or reject all or any
of the recommendations of the Council of
States.
g If the House of the People accepts any of
the recommendations of the Council of
States, the Money Bill shall be deemed to
have been passed by both the Houses with
the amendments recommended by the
Council of States and accepted by the
House of the People.
g If the House of the People does not accept
any of the recommendations of the Council
of States, the Money Bill shall be deemed to
have been passed by both Houses in the
form in which it was passed by the House of
the People without any of the amendments
recommended by the Council of States.
g If a Money Bill passed by the House of the
People and transmitted to the Council of
States for its recommendations, the Money
Bill is not returned to the House of the
People within the said period of fourteen
days, it shall be deemed to have been
passed by both the Houses at the expiration
of the said period in the form in which it
was passed by the House of the People.
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LOK SABHA: SPEAKER
The presiding officer of Lok Sabha is known as
the Speaker. The Speaker is elected from
amongst the members themselves by a majority
vote. The constitution even provides for a
Deputy Speaker to assist the Speaker in case of
his absence.
Functions of the Speaker
1. The Speaker presides over the meetings of
the houses. He/She decides who shall have
the floor. All speeches are addressed to the
Chair.
2. He/She decides on admissibility of a Motion
of Adjournment.
3. All bills passed by the Lok Sabha are
authenticated by his/her signature before
going to the Rajya Sabha.
4. He/She interprets whether a bill is a Money
Bill or an Ordinary Bill.
5. He/She preserves order in the house.
He/She can even use marshals to maintain
decorum in the house.
6. He/She is the ex-officio chairman of some
committee of the house like Rules
Committee.
7. He/She presides over a joint sitting of both
the houses of Parliament.
8. He/She casts his/her vote in case of a tie in
Lok Sabha.
Presiding Officer: Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha consists of a Chairman and a
Deputy Chairman. The Chairman of Rajya
Sabha is the Vice President while the Deputy
Chairperson is elected from amongst the mem-
bers themselves. The Vice President is the ex-
officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha and is responsi-
ble for maintaining decorum and discipline in the
house.