Section 37 · Special provisions as to financial Bills

(1) A Bill or amendment shall not be introduced into, or moved in, the Legislative Assembly except on the recommendations of the Governor if such Bill or amendment makes provisions dealing with any of the following matters, namely:—

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(a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax;

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(b) the regulation of the borrowing of money or the giving of any guarantee by Meghalaya or the amendment of the law with respect to any financial obligations undertaken or to be undertaken by Meghalaya;

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(c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund or the Contingency Fund of Meghalaya, the payment of moneys into, or withdrawal of moneys from, any such Fund;

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(d) the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of Meghalaya;

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(e) the declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of Meghalaya, or the increasing of the amount of any such expenditure;

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(f) the receipt of money on account of the Consolidated Fund of Meghalaya or the public account of Meghalaya or the custody or issue of such money:

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Provided that no recommendation shall be required under this sub-section for the moving of an amendment making provision for the reduction or abolition of any tax.

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(2) A Bill or amendment shall not be deemed to make provision for any of the matters specified in sub-section (1) by reason only that it provides for the imposition of fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered, or by reason that it provides for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body for local purposes.

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(3) A Bill, which, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of Meghalaya shall not be passed by the Legislative Assembly unless the Governor has recommended to the Assembly the consideration of the Bill.

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