The Constitution of India
Restriction on powers of Legislative Council as to Bills other than Money Bills
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 197
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(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.
95 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part VI. — The States)
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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