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Introduction of Bills.
Passing of Bills.
Restriction
of powers of Senate as to Money Bills.
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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY MAY 17, 1946
such laws are authorised by this Section to be made, and may' contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to His Majesty in Council to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the law.
(3) No law made in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section shall impose any charge on the revenues or funds of the Island or regulate the importation of goods into or the exportation of goods from the Island, except to give effect to any agreement to which the Government of the Island is a party.
(4) His Majesty hereby reserves to Himself, His Heirs and Successors power, with the advice of His or Their Privy Council, to revoke, add to, suspend or amend this Order, or any part thereof, as to Him or Them shall seem fit.
31.—(1) A Bill, other than a Money Bill, may be introduced in either Chamber. A Money Bill shall not be introduced in the Senate.
(2) In this Section and in Sections 33 and 34 of this Order, Money Bill" means a Public Bill which contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, that is to say, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration or regulation of taxation; the imposition for the payment of debt, expenses of administration or other financial purposes, of charges on the Consolidated Fund or on any other public funds or on moneys provided by Parliament, or the variation or repeal of any such charges; the grant of money to the Crown or to any authority or person, or the variation or revocation of any such grant; the appropriation, receipt, custody, investment, issue or audit of accounts of public money; the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof, or the establish- ment, alteration, administration or abolition of any sinking fund provided in connection with any such loan; or any subordinate matter incidental to any of the aforesaid subjects.
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In this subsection the expressions "taxation ", "debt ". public fund", "public money" and "loan" do not include any taxation imposed, debt incurred, fund or money provided or loan raised, by any local authority.
32.—(1) A Bill shall not be deemed to have been passed by both Chambers unless it has been agreed to by both Chambers, either without amendment or with such amendments only as are agreed to by both Chambers.
(2) A Bill which has been passed by the Senate with any amend- ment which is subsequently rejected by the House of Representatives shall be deemed not to have been passed by the Senate.
33.-(1) If a Money Bill, having been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate at least one month before the end of the session, is not passed by the Senate within one month after it is so sent, the Bill may, notwithstanding that it has not been passed by the Senate, be presented to the Governor with or without any amendments which have been made by the Senate and agreed to by the House of Representatives, and shall take effect as an Act of Parliament on the Royal Assent thereto being signified.
(2) There shall be endorsed on every Money Bill when it is sent to the Senate and when it is presented to the Governor for Royal Assent a certificate under the hand of the Speaker that it is a Money Bill. Before giving his certificate the Speaker shall consult the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General.
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