Constitution Section 197 — Restriction on powers of Legislative Council as to Bills other than Money Bills
Part VI — THE STATES — Legislative Procedure
Constitutional
Summary
If a bill that is not a money bill is passed by the Legislative Assembly and sent to the Legislative Council, and the Council rejects it, or does not pass it within three months, or passes it with changes the Assembly does not agree to, the Assembly can pass the bill again in the same or a later session. If the Assembly passes the bill a second time and sends it back to the Council, and the Council again rejects it, or does not pass it within one month, or passes it with changes the Assembly does not agree to, the bill is considered passed in the form the Assembly passed it the second time, including any changes the Council made that the Assembly agreed to. These rules do not apply to money bills.
Official Text
(1) If after a Bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of a State having a Legislative Council and transmitted to the Legislative Council—
(a) the Bill is rejected by the Council; or
(b) more than three months elapse from the date on which the Bill is laid before the Council without the Bill being passed by it; or
(c) the Bill is passed by the Council with amendments to which the Legislative Assembly does not agree;the Legislative Assembly may, subject to the rules regulating its procedure, pass the Bill again in the same or in any subsequent session with or without such amendments, if any, as have been made, suggested or agreed to by the Legislative Council and then transmit the Bill as so passed to the Legislative Council.
(2) If after a Bill has been so passed for the second time by the Legislative Assembly and transmitted to the Legislative Council—
(a) the Bill is rejected by the Council; or
(b) more than one month elapses from the date on which the Bill is laid before the Council without the Bill being passed by it; or
(c) the Bill is passed by the Council with amendments to which the Legislative Assembly does not agree;the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by the Houses of the Legislature of the State in the form in which it was passed by the Legislative Assembly for the second time with such amendments, if any, as have been made or suggested by the Legislative Council and agreed to by the Legislative Assembly.
(3) Nothing in this article shall apply to a Money Bill.