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Art. 110 Part V: The Union

Definition of 'Money Bills'

Exact text — Constitution of India

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, a Bill shall be deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters, namely:—(a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax; (b) the regulation of the borrowing of money... by the Government of India; (c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund or the Contingency Fund of India... (g) any matter incidental to any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f). (3) If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the House of the People thereon shall be final.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

This Article precisely defines what qualifies as a 'Money Bill' — a specific, exclusive list of financial matters (taxation, borrowing, Consolidated Fund custody, and similar). Crucially, clause (3) makes the SPEAKER's decision on whether a particular bill qualifies as a Money Bill FINAL — not subject to challenge, a significant, occasionally controversial concentration of determinative authority in one office.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

This 'Speaker's decision is final' rule has become genuinely contentious in recent years — critics argue some bills with substantial non-financial provisions have been controversially classified as Money Bills specifically to avoid the Rajya Sabha's fuller scrutiny under Article 109, a live area of ongoing constitutional debate.

Landmark Cases

How courts have interpreted this Article

Rojer Mathew v. South Indian Bank Ltd.(2020) 6 SCC 1 — Flagged serious concerns about the Money Bill certification process potentially being misused, referring the broader question of whether the Speaker's 'final' certification is genuinely beyond judicial review to a larger bench for authoritative resolution. Verify this case

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Art. 109 — Special Procedure in Respect of Money Bills

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 110

Can a court review whether the Speaker correctly classified a bill as a Money Bill?

This remains a genuinely contested and evolving area of constitutional law — while clause (3) says the Speaker's decision is 'final', courts have signalled some willingness to examine this question in specific circumstances, and the issue awaits fuller definitive resolution.

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