CHAPTER XIV- LEGISLATION

114. Speaker’s power of Publication of Bills before introduction – The Speaker may, on a request being made in this behalf, order the publication of any Government Bill (together with the Statement of Objects and Reasons and memoranda regarding delegation of legislative power and the financial implications, if any, accompanying it and the previous section of the President of the recommendation of the Governor, if necessary) in the Gazette, although no motion has been made for leave to introduce the Bill. In that case it shall not be necessary to move for leave to introduce the Bill and, if the Bill is afterwards introduced, it shall not be necessary to publish it again:

Provided that ordinarily no bill may be so published in the Gazette when the House is in session.

115. Notice of Motion for Leave to Introduce a Bill by a Private Member – (1) A private member desiring to move for leave to introduce a Bill shall give Notice of his intention an shall together with the notice submit a copy of the Bill and a Statement of Objects and Reasons which shall not contain any arguments.

Provided that the Speaker may, if he thinks fit, revise the Statement of Objects and Reasons.

(2) If notice is given for introducing such a Bill as in the opinion of the Speaker, can not be introduced say with the previous sanction of the President or the recommendation of the Governor, the Speaker shall, as soon as may be after the receipt of the notice, refer the Bill to the President or the Governor, as the case may be.

(3) The period of notice of a motion for leave to introduce a Bill under this rule shall be fifteen days unless the Speaker allowes the motion to be made at shorter notice.

116. Introduction of a Bill dependent an another Bill pending before the House- A Bill which is dependent wholly or partly upon another Bill pending before the House may be introduced in the House in anticipation of the passing of the Bill upon which it is dependent:

Provided that such a Bill shall be taken up for consideration and passing in the House only after the pending Bill has been passed by both the Houses and assented to by the President or the Governor, as the case may be.

117. Notice of an identical Bill – When a Bill is pending before the House, notice of an identical Bill, whether received before or after the introduction of the pending Bill, shall be removed from, or not entered in, the list of pending notices, as the case may be, unless the Speaker otherwise directs.

118. Financial Memorandum to Bill in Money Clauses in Bills – (1) A Bill involving expenditure shall be accompanied by a financial memorandum which shall invite particular attention to clauses involving expenditure and shall also give an estimate of the recurring and non-recurring expenditure involved in case the Bill is passed into law.

(2) Clauses or provisions in Bills involving expenditure from public fund shall be printed in bolder type or in italics:

Provided that where a clause in a Bill involving expenditure is not printed in bold type or in italics, the Speaker may permit the member in charge of the Bill to bring such clauses to the notice of the Assembly.

119. Explanatory memorandum to Bills delegating legislative power – A Bill involving proposals for the delegation of legislative power shall further be accompanied by a memorandum explaining the scope of such proposals.

120. Statement in connection with Ordinances – (1) Whenever an Ordinance is promulgated, a statement explaining the circumstances which necessitated immediate legislation by Ordinance shall be laid on the table together with the copy of the Ordinance at the commencement of the Session or the sitting, as the case may be, following the promulgation of the Ordinance.

(2) Thereupon any member may, after giving three days notice, move a resolution disapproving the Ordinance, and if it is passed it shall be transmitted to the Council for its concurrence.

(3) Whenever a Bill seeking to replace an Ordinance with modification is introduced is in the House, there shall be placed before the House along with the Bill also a statement explaining the circumstances which necessitated such modification.

121. Precedence of Private members’ Bill – (1) The relative precedence of notices of Bills given by private members shall be determined by ballot to be held in accordance with the directions given by the Speaker on such day being not less then fifteen days before the day in respect of which the ballot is held, as the Speaker may appoint.

(2) The relative Precedence of the private member’s Bills pending in the House shall be determined in the following order :-

1. Bill returned by the Governor with messages under article 200 and 201;
2. Bills in respect of which motions for their passing have been made;
3. Bills passed by the Assembly and returned by the Council with amendments;
4. Bills passed by the Council and transmitted to the Assembly;
5. Bills in respect of which motions have been carried that they be taken into consideration;
6. Bills in respect of which reports of select Committees have been presented;
7. Bills which have been circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinions;
8. Bills introduced and in respect of which no further motion has been made or carried:
9. Other Bills.

(3) The relative precedence of Bills falling under the same clause of sub-rule (2) shall be determined by ballot to be held at such time and in such manner as the Speaker may direct.

(4) The Speaker may by a special order to be announced in the Assembly, make such alteration in the relative precedence of the Bills set out in sub-rule (2) as he may consider necessary and convenient.

122. Copy of Private member’s Bills to Minister – Whenever a private member of the Assembly gives notice of his intention to move for leave to introduce a Bill and if it obtains a place in the ballot the Secretary shall as soon as possible, send a copy thereof together with the Statement of Objects and Reasons to the Minister concerned.

123. Motion for leave to introduce – (1) Subject to rule 114, leave of the House shall be obtained, before introducing any Bill, by a motion in that behalf, provided that, unless the Speaker otherwise directs, no such motion shall be made until copies of the Bill have been made available to the member on the date preceding the day on which the motion is made.

(2) If such a motion is opposed, the Speaker after permitting, if he thinks fit, a brief explanatory statement from the member who moved the motion and the member who opposes the motion, may, without further debate, put the question:

Provided that where a motion is opposed on the ground that the bill initiates legislation outside the legislative competence of the Assembly, the Speaker may permit a full discussion thereon.

124. Introduction of a Bill – After the completion of the procedure set out in rule114 or rule 123, as the case may be, the bill shall be introduce by the ‘member incharge’ of the Bill.

125. Power to ask for papers connected with a Bill – After a Bill has been introduced, any member may demand that copies of papers, if any, on which the Bill is based and which are not confidential, be placed on the table of the House.

126. Publication of Bills – As soon as may be after a Bill has been introduced, the Bill, unless it has already been published, shall be published in the Gazette.

127. Copy of Bill to the Governor and the President – a copy of every Bill introduced in the Assembly shall, immediately after its introduction, be forwarded by the Secretary to the Governor and the President for there information.

128. Motion after Introduction – After a Bill is introduced, or on some subsequent occasion, the member in charge of the Bill may make one of the following motions, namely –

1. that it be taken into consideration either at once or at some future day to be then specified; or
2. that it be referred to a select Committee of the House with such instructions as may be considered necessary; or
3. that it be referred to a joint Select Committee with such instructions as may be considered necessary; or
4. that it to be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon:

Provided that no motion for reference under sub-rule (c) shall be made in respect of a Bill making provision for any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f) of clause (1) of article 199:

Provided further that no such motion shall be made unless copies of the Bill have been made available to the members three days before the day on which the motion is made and any objection by a member shall prevail unless the Speaker allows the motion to be made.

129. Discussion on Principles of Bills – (1) On the day on which any motion referred to in rule 128 is made, or on any subsequent day to which the discussion is postponed, the Principles of the Bill and its provisions may be discussed generally, but the details of the Bill shall not be discussed further then is necessary to explain its principles.

(2) At this stage no amendments to the Bill may be moved but if the member in charge moves that the Bill-

1. be taken into consideration, any member may move as an amendment that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee with such instructions as may be considered necessary or be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon by a date to be mentioned in the motion, or
2. be referred to a Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee, any member may move as an amendment that the Bill be referred to a Joint Select Committee or a Select Committee, as the case may be, with such instructions as may be considered necessary or that the Bill be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion by a date to be specified in the motion.

(3) (a) Where opinions upon circulation of a Bill for eliciting opinion under the forgoing rules have been received, a statement containing a gist of opinions shall be laid on the table by the Secretary as soon as possible after the last date of the receipt of such opinion.

(b) Thereupon the member in charge of the Bill, if he wishes to proceed further with his Bill, shall move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee unless the Speaker allows a motion to be made that the Bill be taken into consideration forthwith or at some future date:

Provided that no amendment or a motion for appointment of a Joint Select Committee under this rule shall be moved with reference to a Bill making provisions for any of the matters specified in sub-clauses (a) to (f) of clause (1) of article 199.

130. Motion to constitute a Select Committee – When the Assembly decides to refer a Bill to Select Committee, a motion to constitute the Select Committee according to the rules shall be made.

131. Person by whom motions in respect of Bills may be made – No motion that a Bill be taken into consideration or be passed shall be made by any member other than the member in charge of the Bill, and no motion that a Bill be referred to a Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee or be circulated or re-circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon, shall be made by any member other then the member in charge of the Bill, except by way of amendment to a motion made by the member in charge of the Bill:

Provided that if the member in charge of a Bill is unable for reasons which the Speaker consideres adequate to move the next motion in regard to his Bill at any subsequent stage after introduction, he may with the approval of the Speaker authorized another member to move that particular motion.

Explanation – Notwithstanding the provisions contained in the proviso the member who introduce the Bill shall continue to be the member in charge of the Bill.

(c) Procedure after presentation of Report of Select Committee.

132. Motion that may be moved after presentation of Report of Select/Joint Select Committee – (1) After the presentation of the final report of the Select Committee of the House or a Joint Select Committee of the House, as the case may be, on the Bill, the member in charge may move-

(a) that the Bill as reported by the Select Committee of the House or the Joint Select Committee of the Houses, as the case may be, be taken into consideration:

Provided that any member may object to the report being so taken into consideration if a copy of the report has not been made available for the use of members three days before the day on which the motion is made, and such objection shall prevail, unless the Speaker allows the report to be taken into consideration; or

(b) That the Bill as reported by the Select Committee of the House or the Joint Select Committee of the Houses, as the case may be, re-committed to the same Select Committee, or to a new Select Committee, or to the same Joint Select Committee or to a new Joint Select Committee, either-

1. without limitation; or
2. with respect to particular clauses or amendments only; or
3. with instructions to the Committee to make some particular or additional provision in the Bill; or

(c) That the Bill as reported by the Select Committee of the House or the Joint Select Committee of the Houses, as the case may be, circulated or re-circulated, as the case may be for the purpose of eliciting opinion or further opinion thereon.

(2) if the member in charge moves that the Bill as reported by the Select Committee of the House or the Joint Select Committee of the Houses, as the case may be, be taken into consideration, any member may move as an amendment that the Bill be re-committed to the Committee or be circulated or re-circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion or further opinion thereon.

133. Scope of Debate – The debate on a motion that the Bill as reported by the Select Committee be taken into Consideration shall be confined to consideration of the report of the Select Committee and the matters referred to in that report or any alternative suggestions consistent with the Principal of the Bill

134. Motion for Joint Select Committee – (1) If a motion for the reference to a Bill to a Joint Select Committee of both Houses is carried, the Secretary shall send the massage to the Council asking for their concurrence to the said motion, and in the event of their concurrence, for the appointment of the requisite numbers of member to serve on the Joint Select Committee.

(2) If a message to the effect that the Council does not concur is received by the Assembly, there shall be no reference to a Joint Select Committee.

135. Motion by the Council for reference to a Joint Select Committee – (1) If a motion for referring a Bill to a Joint Select Committee is passed by the Council and a message there of is received by the Secretary, the Secretary shall inform the House about such message.

(2) At any time, after the receipt of such message form the Council, a Minister in the case of a Government Bill and any member in the case of a private member’s Bill may move that the Motion passed by the Council be agreed to.

(3) If the Assembly agrees, a motion shall be made for eliciting the requisite number of representatives of the Assembly for the Joint Select Committee in accordance with the provisions of rule 261. A message shall then be sent to the Council intimating the concurrence of the Assembly to the motion passed by the Council and the names of the members elected by the Assembly for the Joint Select Committee.

(4) If the Assembly does not agree to the motion passed by the Council, a massage intimating its disagreement shall be sent to the Council.

136. Submission of Bills Clause by Clause – (1) When a Motion that the Bill be taken into consideration is passed, the motion" that this clause do stand part of the Bill " shall be deemed to have been made in respect of each Clause of the Bill. Notwithstanding anything in these rules it shall be in the discretion of the Speaker, to submit the Bill or any part of the Bill to the Assembly clause by clause. The Speaker shall call each clause separately, and when the amendments relating to it have been disposed of in accordance with the provisions of succeeding rules, shall put the question "that this clause or as the case may be, that this clause as amended, do stand part of the Bill".

(2) The Speaker may, if he thinks fit, put as one question a group of clauses to which no amendments have been moved :

Provided that if a member requests that any clause be put separately, the Speaker shall do so.

137. Postponement of clause – The Speaker may, if he thinks fit, postpone the consideration of a clause.

138. Consideration of Schedule – The consideration of the schedule or schedules, if any, shall follow the consideration of clauses. Schedule shall be put from the chair, and may be amended in the same manner as clauses, and the consideration of new schedules shall fallow the consideration of the original schedules. The question shall then be put : "that this schedule or, as the case may be, that this schedule as amended, do stand part of the Bill":

Provided that the Speaker may allow the Schedule or schedules, if any, to be considered before the clauses are disposed of or along with a clause or otherwise as he may think fit.

139. Notice of Amendment – (1) If notice of an amendment to any clause or schedule of a Bill has not been given thirty six hours before the day on which the Bill is to be considered, any member may object to the moving of the amendment, and such objection shall prevail unless the Speaker allows the amendment to be moved:

Provided that, in the case of a Government Bill an amendment of which notice has been received from the member in charge of a Bill, shall not lapse by reason of the fact that the member- in-charge of the Bill has ceased to be a Minister or a member and such amendment shall be printed in the name of the new member-in-charge of the Bill:

Provided further that previous notice shall not be necessary in the case of amendments of a purely verbal character or of amendments consequential upon or moved in respect of amendments which have been carried.

(2) The Secretary shall, if time permits, make available to members from time to time, lists of amendments of which notice have been received.

140. Conditions of Admissibility of Amendments – The following conditions shall govern the admissibility of amendment to clauses or schedules of a Bill:

1. An amendment shall be within the scope of the Bill and relevant to the subject-matter of the clause to which it relates.
2. An amendment shall not be inconsistent with any previous decision of the House on the same question.
3. An amendment shall not be such as to make the clause which it proposes to amend unintelligible or ungrammatical.
4. If an amendment refers to, or is not intelligible without, a subsequent amendment or schedule, notice of the subsequent amendment or schedule, shall be given before the first amendment is moved, so as to make the series of amendments fully intelligible.
5. The Speaker shall determine the order in which an amendment shall be moved.
6. The Speaker may refuse to allow an amendment, which, in his opinion, is frivolous or meaningless.
7. An amendment may be moved to an amendment which has already been allowed by the Speaker.

141. Sanction of the President or recommendation of the Governor to be annexed to notice of Amendment – (1) If Government desire to move an amendment which under the Constitution cannot be made without the previous sanction of the President or recommendation of the Governor, they shall annex to the required notice a copy of sich sanction or recommendation and the notice shall not be valid until this requirement is complied with.

(2) If a private member gives notice of an amendment which in the opinion of the Speaker cannot be moved without the previous sanction of the President or recommendation of the Governor, the Speaker shall, as soon may be, after the receipt of the notice refer the amendment to the President or the Governor, as the case may be.

142. Order of amendments – (1) Amendments shall ordinarily be considered in the order of the clauses of the Bill to a which they respectively relate:

Provided that the Speaker shall have the power to select amendments given notice of.

(2) The Speaker may, if he thinks fit, put as one question similar amendments to a clause:

Provided that, if a member requests that an amendment be put separately, the Speaker shall put that amendment separately:

Provided further that in order to save time and repetition, a single discussion may be allowed to cover a series of interdependent amendments.

143. Withdrawal of Amendments – an amendments moved may, by leave of the House but not otherwise, be withdrawn on the request of the member moving it. If an amendment has been proposed to an amendment the original amendment shall not be withdrawn until the amendment proposed to it has been disposed of.

144. Clause one, Preamble and Title of the Bill – Clause one, the preamble, if any and the title of a Bill shall stand postponed until the other clauses and schedules (including new clauses and new schedules) have been disposed of and the Speaker shall then put the question: "That clause one, or the Preamble or the Title (or as the case may be, that clause one, Preamble or Title, as amended) do stand part of the Bill."

145. Passing of a Bill – (1) When a motion that a Bill be taken into consideration has been carried and no amendment has been made in the Bill, the member in charge of the Bill may at once move that the Bill be passed.

(2) If an amendment is made in the Bill, any member may object to a motion being made on the same day that the Bill be passed, and such objection shall prevail unless the Speaker allows the motion to be made.

(3) No amendment shall be moved to such a motion.

146. Scope of Debate – The discussion on a motion that the Bill be passed shall be confined to the submission of arguments either in support of the Bill or for the rejection of the Bill.

147. Formal amendment to Bills – When Bill is passed by the Assembly, the Secretary shall re-number the clauses revise and complete the marginal notes thereof, make such purely formal verbal or consequential amendments therein as may be required and correct such errors as may appear to him to be due to inadvertence.

 148. Transmission of Bills to the Council – (1) The Secretary shall submit four copies of the Bill to the Speaker and the Speaker, and in his absence and in case of urgency the Secretary, acting for the Speaker, shall authenticate them in the following form :

"This Bill has been passed by the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on __________________19

Dated                                                                                                                          Speaker"

Provided that if it is a Money Bill Within the meaning of Article 199 the Speaker’s certificate at the end of the Bill shall be endorsed in the following Form:

"I hereby certify that this Bill is a money Bill within the meaning of Article 199 of the Constitution of India.

Dated                                                                                                                         Speaker"

(2) Three of the aforesaid copies shall be transmitted to the Council for its consideration.

149. Message from Council in respect of Bills passed without amendment – If a Bill other than a Money Bill passed by the Assembly and transmitted to the Council is passed by the Council without any amendment, the message received form the Council to that effect shall be reported by the Secretary to the House forthwith if sitting, or otherwise at its next sitting.

150. Return of Bills from the Council – (1) When a Bill other than Money Bill which had originated in the Assembly has been rejected by the Council or when more than three months elapse from the date on which the Bill is laid before the council without the Bill being passed by the Council the Secretary shall inform the House of the aforesaid facts and there upon the Assembly may proceed to pass the Bill again according to the procedure laid down in the foregoing rules for the third reading of a Bill.

(2) If the Bill is passed by the Council with amendments, the Bill with amendments shall be laid on the table as soon as possible and after the copies of the Bill with amendments have been distributed to the members, any Minister in the case of a Government Bill or any member in any other case may, after two day’s notice or, with the consent of the Speaker without notice, move that the amendments made by the Council be taken into consideration.

151. Procedure for consideration of amendment – (1) If a motion that the amendments made by the Council be taken into consideration is carried, the Speaker shall put the amendments to the House for consideration in such manner as he deems convenient.

(2) At this stage only such amendments may be moved as are relevant to the subject-matter of amendments made by the Council or are consequential or alternative to them.

(3) The House if it agrees to the amendments made by the Council shall send a message to the Council to that effect that but if it disagrees or agrees to further amendment in the Bill, the House shall pass again the Bill or the Bill as further amended as the case may be, and return the same to the Council with a message to that effect.

152. Procedure on consideration of amendments – (1) If the Bill is returned again by the Council to the Assembly with a message that the Council insists on an amendment or amendments to which the House has already disagreed, the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses in the form in which it was passed by the Assembly for the second time.

[Art. 197]

(2) If a motion under the rule 150(1), that the Bills as originally passed be passed again is carried, the Bill shall again be transmitted to the Council and if-

1. the Bill is rejected by the Council, or
2. more than one month elapse from the date on which the Bill is laid before the Council without the Bill being passed by it, or
3. the Bill is passed by the Council with amendments; then in the case of sub-rules (a) and (b) the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by the Houses in the form in which it was passed by the Assembly for the second time. In case of sub-rule (2) (c) the agreement or disagreement of the Assembly shall be obtained according to the procedure laid down in rule 151.

153. Recommendation of Council on Money Bills – If a Money Bill passed by the Assembly and transmitted to the Council is returned to the Assembly without recommendations or a period of fourteen days elapse from the date it was received in the Council a message to that effect shall be given by the Secretary to the House forthwith if sitting, or otherwise to the members by a letter.

154. Consideration of recommendations made by the Council – (1) If a Money Bill passed by the Assembly and transmitted to the Council is returned to the House with amendments recommended by the Council, it shall on receipt be laid on the Table.

(2) If the Bill is returned by the Council with recommendations, the Bill with recommendations shall be laid on the Table as soon as possible and after copies of the Bill with recommendations have been distributed to the members, any Minister in case of a Government Bill, or any member in any other case, may after giving two days’ notice or with the consent of the Speaker without notice, move that the recommendations of the Council be taken into consideration.

155. Procedure for consideration of amendments recommended by the Council – (1) If a motion that the recommendations of the Council be taken into consideration is carried, the Speaker shall put such recommendations of the Council to the House in such manner as he deems proper.

(2) If the House accepts the recommendations as made by the Council, the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses with such recommendations as made by the Council and accepted by the House.

156. Disagreement between the Houses – If the House dose not accept any of the recommendations of the Council, the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses in the form in which it was passed by the Assembly without any of the recommendations of the Council.

157. Communication of Assembly’s Decisions to council – A message intimating the result of the consideration by the Assembly of the recommendations of the Council shall be sent to the Council.

1. General

158. Power of Speaker to bring the year of the Bill in conformity with the year of Assent – In case of Bills introduced in the preceding year but passed in subsequent year or if passed in the same year but the assent is likely to be given in the subsequent year, the Speaker may change the year of the Bill bringing it in conformity to the year of its passing or likely assent by the President or the Governor, as the case may be.

159. Assent to Bill – when a Bill introduced in the Assembly has been passed by both the Houses in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Secretary shall make verbal and consequential amendments, if any, in it, and after the Speaker has signed it and, if it is a Money Bill, endorsed also the necessary certified under Article 199 (4), it shall be submitted to the Governor for his assent in triplicate.

160. Note of verbal amendments – Along with the signed copy under the rule 159 a statement showing the verbal and consequential amendments or rectification of errors made in the Bill under rules 147 and 159, shall also be submitted to the Governor. A copy of these alterations shall be placed on the Table by the Secretary prior to the announcement of Governor’s assent.

161. Bills which have been passed by the Council – when a Bill has been introduced in and passed by the Council and is received in the Assembly, the Bill shall be laid on the Table by the Secretary as soon as possible.

162. Notice to move for consideration of Bill – After the Bill has been laid on the Table under rule 161 and copies thereof have been distributed to members, any Minister in the case of the Government Bill, or in any other case any member, may give notice of his intention to move that the Bill be taken into consideration.

163. Motion for consideration – Unless the Speaker otherwise directs, the motion under rule 162 may be set down in the list of business and moved in the House on any day after two days from the date of the receipt of the notice.

164. Discussion – On the day on which such motion is made or any subsequent day to which the discussion is postponed, the principles of the Bill and its general provisions may be discussed but the details of the Bill shall not be discussed further than is necessary to explain its principles.

165. Reference to select Committee – Any member may (if the Bill has not already been referred to a Joint Select Committee), move as an amendment that the Bill is refereed to a Select Committee, and, if such motion is carried, the Bill shall be referred accordingly and the rules regarding Select Committees on Bills originating in the Assembly shall then apply.

166. Consideration and passing of Bills – If the motion that the Bill be taken into consideration is carried, the bill shall be taken into consideration and the provisions of the rules regarding consideration of amendments to Bills and the subsequent procedure in regard to the passing of the Bill shall apply.

167. Bills passed without Amendments – If the Bill is passed without amendment, the Bill with a message to the effect that the Assembly has agreed to the Bill without any amendment shall be sent to the Council.

168. Bills passed with Amendments – (1) If the Bill is passed with amendments, the Bill shall be returned with a message asking for the agreement of the Council to the amendments:

1. If the Council disagrees with the amendments made by the Assembly or any of them or agrees to any of the amendments made by the Assembly, with further amendments or proposes other amendments in place of amendments made by the Assembly, the message of disagreement or the amendments if any, as the case may be, with the Bill shall, on receipt, be placed on the Table by the Secretary.
2. After the Bill has been so laid on the Table and copies thereof along with amendments in message of disagreement have been distributed to the members, any Minister in the case of a Government Bill or any member in any other case, may, after giving two days notice or with the consent of the Speaker without notice move that the Bill, with or without the amendments suggested or agreed to by the Council, be taken into Consideration.
3. Thereafter the procedure laid down in rule 151 for the Consideration of amendments shall apply.
4. The Bill after such consideration shall be returned with a message that the Assembly passes the Bill with or without such amendments, if any, as have been made, suggested or agreed to by the council, or that it insists on the amendments originally proposed. The Council in such case may consider the Bill as passed by the Assembly, but in case the Council still disagrees with the Bill as passed by the Assembly, the Bill shall be deemed to have been passed by both the Houses.

Dated 19 . Speaker."

169. Message of the Governor – (1) When a Bill passed by the Assembly is returned to it by the Governor with a message to the effect that the Assembly should reconsider the Bill or any of its specified provisions or any amendment recommended in the message, the Speaker shall read the message of the Governor in the Assembly, if in session, or if the Assembly is not in session, he shall direct its information to be sent to the members by letters.

(2) Thereafter the Bill, has passed by the Assembly and returned by the Governor for reconsideration, shall be laid on the table by the Secretary.

169-A. Notice to move for consideration of the amendments – After the Bill has been so laid on the Table, any Minister, in the case of a Government Bill, or any member in any other case, may give notice of his intention to move that the Bill to taken for reconsideration in the light of the directions given in the message.

169-B. Motion for Reconsideration – On the day on which the motion for reconsideration is set down in the list of business which shall, unless the Speaker otherwise directs, be not less than two days from the receipt of the notice, be two days earlier, the members giving notice may move that the Bill may be taken up for reconsideration in the light of the direction or amendments given in the message.

169-C. Scope of Debate - The Debate on such motion shall be confined to consideration of matters referred to in the message of the Governor or to any suggestion relevant to the subject matter of the amendments recommended by the Governor.

169-D - Consideration of the amendments- (1) If the motion that the Bill be taken up for reconsideration in the light of the directions or amendments given in the message is carried, any member on being called by the Speaker may move an amendment to the Bill for which he has given prior notice.

(2) When specific amendments are recommended by the Governor, only such amendments as are relevant to the subject-matter of amendments so recommended by the Governor, may be moved but no other amendment in the Bill can be made unless it is incidental, consequential or in the alternative, to an amendment recommended by the Governor.

(3) If no specific amendment is recommended by the Governor, no amendment which does not come within the scope of the message recommending the reconsideration of the Bill, shall be moved.

(4) Question shall be put by the Speaker, on the amendments, recommended by the Governor, if any, and on such other amendments as are within the scope of the message of the Governor for reconsideration.

169– E. Passing of Bill again – When all amendments have been disposed of the member giving notice of the motion under rule 169 –A may move that the Bill as originally passed by the Assembly, or as the case may be, as amended, be passed by the Assembly.

169 – F. Disagreement of the Assembly with the message – If the motion that the Bill may be taken up for reconsideration in the light of the directions contained in the message of the Governor is not carried the member giving notice of the motion under rule 169 –A may at once move that the Bill as originally passed by the Assembly be passed again without any amendment.

169 – G. Reconsideration of Bills returned with message under the proviso to Article 201 of the Constitution – When a Bill passed by the Assembly is returned to it, with a message to reconsider it in accordance with the provisions of the proviso to Article 201 of the Constitution the same procedure shall be followed as is followed in cases of Bills passed by the Assembly and returned for reconsideration under the proviso of Article 200 of the Constitution and the provisions of the said rules shall apply subject to such adaptations by way of modification, additions or omissions, as the Speaker may consider necessary or expedient.

169 – H. Authentication of Bill passed again by the Assembly – When a Bill is passed again by the Assembly and is in the custody of the Assembly, it shall be submitted to the Governor signed by the Speaker in the following form:

"The Bill has been passed again by the Assembly in pursuance of the first proviso to Article 200 proviso to Article 201 without any amendment in its original form with the following amendments."

170. Adjournment of Debate on a Bill – At any stage of a Bill which is under discussion in the House a motion that the debate on the Bill be adjourned may be moved with the consent of the Speaker.

171. Withdrawal of Bill – The member incharge of a Bill may at any stage of the Bill move for leave to withdraw the Bill on the ground that –

1. the legislative proposal contained in the Bill is to be dropped; or
2. the Bill is to be replaced subsequently by a new Bill which substantially alters the provisions contained therein; or
3. the Bill is to be replaced subsequently by another Bill which includes all or any of its provisions in addition to other provisions and if such leave is granted, no further motion shall be made with reference to the Bill, which shall automatically stand with-drawn:

Provided that where a Bill has originated in the Council and is pending before the House the member incharge of the Bill shall move a motion in the House that subject to concurrence of the Council leave be granted by the House to withdraw the Bill and if the House adopts motion and the Council concurs to it, the Secretary shall inform the House of such concurrence and the Bill shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

172. Explanatory Statement by Member who moves or opposes motions for withdrawal of Bill – If a motion for leave to withdraw a Bill is opposed, the Speaker may, if he thinks fit, permit the member who moves and the member who opposes the motion to make brief explanatory statements and may thereafter, without further debate, put the question.

173. Removal of Bills from the Register of Bills – (1) Where any of the following motions made by a member incharge of a Bill is rejected by the House, no further motion shall be made with reference to the Bill and such Bill shall be removed from the Register of Bills pending in the House for the Session-

1. that leave be granted to introduce the Bill;
2. that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee or be circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion thereon;
3. that the Bill be taken into consideration;
4. that the Bill as reported by Select Committee or a Joint Select Committee be taken into consideration; and
5. that the Bill (or as the case may be, that the Bill as amended) be passed.

(2) A Bill pending before the House shall be removed from the Register of Bills pending in the House in case a Bill sub-stantially identical has been passed by the House or the Bill has been withdrawn under rule 171.

Explanation-A Bill pending before the House shall include--

1. a Bill introduced in the House which does not fall within the categories of Bills mentioned in this rule or rule 174;
2. a Bill transmitted to the Council and returned by the Council with amendment or recommendation, as the case may be, and laid on the Table under rule 154;
3. a Bill originating in the Council and transmitted to the House and laid on the Table under rule 161 or 168 (I) (a); and
4. a Bill returned by the Governor or the President with a message under Article 200 or 201, as the case may be.

174. Special provisions for Removal of a Private Member’s Bill from the Register of Bills – A private member’s Bill pending before that House shall also be removed from the Register of Bills pending in the House in case--

1. the member incharge of the Bill ceases to be a member of the House;
2. the member incharge of the Bill is appointed a Minister.

175. Dropped Bills – Any Bill in respect of which no motion has been made in the Assembly for two years shall be deemed to have been dropped and removed from the Register of Bill by the order of the Speaker.

176. Laying of regulation, rule, etc., on the Table of the
House – (1) Where a regulation, rule, sub-rule, bye-law, etc. framed in pursuance of the legislative functions delegated by the Constitution, Parliament or the Legislature to an authority is laid before the House, the period specified in the Corresponding law for which it is required to be laid shall be completed before the Assembly is prorogued, unless otherwise provided in the corresponding law.

(2) Where the specified period is not so completed, the regulations, rule, sub-rule, bye law, etc. shall be re-laid in the succeeding session or sessions until the said period is completed in one session.

177. Allotment of time for discussion of amendments – (1) Amendments relating to a regulation, rule, sub-rule, bye-law etc. laid on the Table may be presented by the members within the period prescribed in the Act for its being laid on the Table and the rules prescribed for consideration of amendments to clauses of a Bill shall, with suitable modifications apply to consideration of and decision on those amendments.

(2) The Speaker shall, in consultation with the Leader of the House, fix the date for consideration and discussion on these amendments.

178. Transmission of amendment to Council – After an amendment is passed by the Assembly, it shall be transmitted to the Council for its concurrence and on receipt of a message from the Council agreeing to the amendment it shall be forwarded to the Government by the Secretary, but if the concurrence of the Council is not required under the relevant Act, the Secretary shall forward forthwith to the Government the amendments passed by the Assembly.

179. Amendment returned by Council – If the Council disagrees with the amendment passed by the House or agrees subjects to a further amendment thereof or proposes an amendment in substitution thereof, the House may either drop the amendment or agree with the Council in the proposed amendment or insist on the original amendment passed by the House. A message in either case shall be sent to the Council. In case the House agrees to the amendment as further amended by the Council or to the other amendment as proposed in substitution thereof by the Council, the amendment so agreed shall be forwarded to the Government by the Secretary.

180. Disagreement between Houses – If the Council agrees to the original amendment passed by the House, it shall be sent to Government by the Secretary, but if the Council disagrees or insists on an amendment to which the House has not agreed, the House shall be deemed to have finally disagreed, and all further proceedings thereon shall be dropped.

181. Information to the House – In either case the message of agreement or disagreement of the council to the amendment shall be given by the Secretary to the House.

182. Ratification of amendment to the Constitution – (1) On receipt of a communication or message for ratification of an amendment to the Constitution, the same along with a copy of the Bill and the debates thereon shall be laid on the Table of the House by the Secretary.

(2) The Speaker shall, in consultation with the leader of the House, fix the day for discussion on the resolution for ratification of the amendment to the constitution.

(3) Rules and orders relating to the resolution shall apply mutatis mutandis to the said discussion.

(4) A copy of the resolution when passed by the Assembly shall be sent by the Secretary to the Government and to parliament. In case the resolution is not passed, an intimation to that effect shall be sent.