islature becomes an Act after getting assent from the Governor. Article 196 of the Indian Constitution tells us about the provisions of the introduction and passing of the Bill. Except for the Money Bill and the Financial Bill ( procedure of passage of these bills are given in Article 198 and 207), the other bills can be introduced in either Houses of the legislature. Any bill is said to be passed only when it got assent from both the Houses of the legislature. Here both the Houses should agree on the amendment made to the bill. A bill would not lapse when it is pending in the House and there is the prorogation of that House. A bill pending in the Legislative Council of any state which is not passed by the Legislative Assembly shall not lapse even on the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. Also, there is a condition mentioned in Article 196 which states that if there is a bill pending in the assembly and at that time the assembly dissolute, then the bill will also lapse ultimately. The bill will also lapse if it is passed by the assembly and is pending by the Council.
The provision or the procedure related to Ordinary Bill is discussed in Article 196 of the Indian Constitution. The main purpose of the State Legislature is law-making as already being discussed in this article earlier. The legislature can make laws on State List as well as on Concurrent List. Ordinary Bill can be introduced in either of the Houses. The process given in Article 196 is applied here and once it gets the sign from the Governor it becomes law. The Governor has the power to issue ordinance when there is a need of any law and the legislature is not in session.
A Money Bill is a bill that is concerned with government spending or taxation. The procedure to pass a Money Bill is quite different from the Ordinary Bill. Its procedure is given in Article 198 of the Indian Constitution. According to this Article of the Constitution of India, the Money Bill can only be introduced in the Lower House i.e. in Legislative Assembly. After the Money Bill is passed by the Legislative Assembly and in that state, then this bill would be forwarded to the Legislative Council for its recommendations. The same bill should be returned to the assembly within fourteen days from the date of receiving the bills. The assembly can either accept the recommendation or can deny any recommendations according to the discretion of the assembly. The same bill is then again sent to the Council and the Council has a time period of fourteen days to pass the bill. In case the Legislative Council fails to do so, then it is deemed to be passed by both the Houses.
Assent to Bills: Article 200
Till now we have seen how a Bill gets assent from Houses of the state legislature. After this, Article 200 comes into play. As mentioned in Article 200, the bill after getting assent of both Houses and is then sent to Governor. It then comes under the discretion of the Governor whether to give assent or withhold his assent. He/she can also reserve assent for the consideration of the President.
Here the Governor has to return this bill to the State Legislature as soon as possible with the message of recommendation. Here again, these recommendations can be either accepted or rejected by the legislature and once again this bill is again sent to the Governor for his confirmation. Now he has only two options left with him, he can either give assent to this bill or can reserve it for further consideration from the President.
Bills reserved for President’s consideration: Article 201
The bill which is reserved for the consideration of the President should have reasonable grounds for being reserved. Any bill can be reserved by the Governor which he/ she thinks is against the law. The further procedure of this Bill is given in Article 201 of the Indian Constitution. The Bill which is reserved for the President for his/her consideration should either be given assent by him/her. The President can also withhold his/her assent. The President then directs the Governor to return the bill to the House/Houses of 