Which of the following statement regarding financial bills is NOT correctly matched? Money bills–Article 116 Financial bills (I)–Article 117 (1) Financial bills (II)–Article 117 (2)
Which of the following statement regarding financial bills is NOT correctly matched? Money bills–Article 116 Financial bills (I)–Article 117 (1) Financial bills (II)–Article 117 (2) Correct Answer 1 and 3
The correct answer is 1 and 3.
Financial Bills
- Financial bills are those bills that deal with fiscal matters, that is, revenue or expenditure.
- Bur, the Constitution uses the term ‘financial bill’ in a technical sense.
- Financial bills are of 3 kinds:
- Money bills–Article 110
- Financial bills (I)–Article 117 (1)
- Financial bills (II)–Article 117 (3)
- This classification implies that money bills are simply a species of financial bills.
- Therefore, all money bills are financial bills but all financial bills are not money bills.
- Only those financial bills are money bills that contain exclusively those matters which are mentioned in Article 110 of the Constitution.
- These bills are also certified by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as money bills.
- The financial bills (I) and (II), on the other hand, have been dealt with in Article 117 of the Constitution.
- Financial Bills (I)
- A financial bill (I) is a bill that contains not only any or all the matters mentioned in Article 110 but also other matters of general
legislation. - For instance, a bill that contains a borrowing clause, but does not exclusively deal with borrowing. In two respects, a financial bill (I) is similar to a money bill–
- Both of them can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha and not in the Rajya Sabha.
- Both of them can be introduced only on the recommendation of the president.
- A financial bill (I) is a bill that contains not only any or all the matters mentioned in Article 110 but also other matters of general
- Financial Bills (II)
- It contains provisions involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India but does not include any of the
matters mentioned in Article 110. - This Bill is treated as an ordinary bill and in all respects, it is governed by the same legislative procedure which is applicable to an ordinary bill.
- The special feature of this bill - it cannot be passed by either House of Parliament unless the President has recommended to that House the consideration of the bill.
- It contains provisions involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India but does not include any of the
- Financial Bills (I)
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