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Revision note: Law-making in Parliament: Bills, Joint Sitting and the Budget

  • Bills: ordinary, money (Art 110), financial (Art 117), constitutional (Art 368)
  • Ordinary bill: 3 readings in each House; deadlock → joint sitting (Art 108) – Speaker presides; held 1961, 1978, 2002
  • Money bill: only LS, minister, President's recommendation; Speaker certifies; RS 14 days; no return by President
  • Budget = Annual Financial Statement (Art 112); presented 1 Feb; DRSC scrutiny; cut motions (policy ₹1, token ₹100); guillotine
  • Appropriation Bill Art 114; Finance Bill within 75 days; vote on account Art 116
  • Consolidated Fund & Public Account Art 266; Contingency Fund Art 267 (₹30,000 crore)
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