The Constitution of India
Assent to Bills
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 111
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourcepresented to the President, and the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill, or
that he withholds assent therefrom:
Provided that the President may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of a
Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill to the Houses with a message
requesting that they will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in
particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may
recommend in his message, and when a Bill is so returned, the Houses shall reconsider the
Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the Houses with or without amendment
and presented to the President for assent, the President shall not withhold assent therefrom.
Procedure in Financial Matters
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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