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Art. 199 Part VI: The States

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 State...; (c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund or the Contingency Fund of the State... (3) If any question arises whether a Bill introduced in the Legislature of a State... is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of such State thereon shall be final.

In Plain English

What this Article actually means

The state-level mirror of Article 110 — the same precise definition of what qualifies as a Money Bill, with the same significant concentration of authority: the STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER's decision on whether a bill qualifies is final, mirroring (and sharing) the same contested-finality issues as the Union-level equivalent.

Why This Matters To You

How it shows up in everyday life

The same concerns about potential misclassification of bills as 'Money Bills' to limit the Legislative Council's fuller scrutiny (paralleling the Union-level Rojer Mathew concerns about the Rajya Sabha) apply equally at the state level.

Read alongside this one

Art. 110 — Definition of 'Money Bills'

Frequently Asked

Quick answers about Article 199

Is a State Assembly Speaker's Money Bill certification subject to the same debate as the Lok Sabha Speaker's?

Yes — the same broader constitutional question about whether such certification is genuinely beyond judicial review applies equally to state-level Money Bill classification disputes.

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