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again by the House with or without amendment and presented to the Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent therefrom.
Bills reserved for consideration
Annual financial statement.
- When a Bill is reserved by a Governor for the consideration of the President, the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom:
Provided that where the Bill is not a Money Bill the President may direct the Governor to return the Bill to the House or, as the case may be, the Houses of the Legislature of the State together with such a message as is mentioned in the proviso to the last preceding article and, when a Bill is so returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider it accordingly within a period of six months from the date of receipt of such message and, if it is again passed by them with or without amendment, it shall be presented again to the President for his consideration.
Procedure in Financial Matters
- (1) The Governor shall in respect of every financial year cause to be laid before the House or Houses of the Legislature of the State a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the State for that year, in this Part of this Constitution referred to as the “annual financial statement”
(2) The estimates of expenditure embodied in the annual financial statement shall show separately—
(a) the sums required to meet expenditure described by this Constitution as expenditure charged upon the revenues of the State; and
(b) the sums required to meet other expenditure proposed to be made from the revenues of the State;
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(3) The following expenditure shall be expenditure charged on the revenues of each State—
(a) the emoluments and allowances of the Governor and other expenditure relating to his office;
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