The Constitution of India
Provisions as to introduction and passing of Bills
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 196
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourcearticles 198 and 207 with respect to Money Bills and other financial Bills, a Bill may
originate in either House of the Legislature of a State which has a Legislative Council.
(2) Subject to the provisions of articles 197 and 198, a Bill shall not be deemed to have
been passed by the Houses of the Legislature of a State having a Legislative Council unless
it has been agreed to by both Houses, either without amendment or with such amendments
only as are agreed to by both Houses.
1. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.26, for certain words (w.e.f. 20.6.1979).
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(3) A Bill pending in the Legislature of a State shall not lapse by reason of the
prorogation of the House or Houses thereof.
(4) A Bill pending in the Legislative Council of a State which has not been passed by
the Legislative Assembly shall not lapse on a dissolution of the Assembly.
(5) A Bill which is pending in the Legislative Assembly of a State, or which having
been passed by the Legislative Assembly is pending in the Legislative Council, shall lapse
on a dissolution of the Assembly.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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