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A money bill under paragraph two means a bill dealing with the
imposition, repeal, reduction, alteration, modification, remission or regulation of taxes
or duties, the allocation, receipt, custody, or payment of State funds, or the transfer
of expenditure estimates of the State, the raising of loans, the guarantee or redemption
of loans, or any binding of State’s properties, or currency.
In case of doubt as to whether a bill introduced to the National
Legislative Assembly is a money bill, it shall be the power of the President of the
National Legislative Assembly to make a decision thereon.
A bill introduced by the members of the National Legislative Assembly
or the National Reform Council may be taken by the Council of Ministers for
consideration prior to the adoption of the principle by the National Legislative
Assembly.
An Organic Act may be enacted according to the procedure prescribed
in this section, but the introduction of an organic law bill shall be made by the Council
of Ministers or a person having charge and control of the execution of that Organic Act.
Section 15. Upon approval of a bill or an organic law bill by the
National Legislative Assembly, the Prime Minister shall respectfully present it to the
King for His Royal Signature within twenty days from the date the bill or organic law
bill is received from the National Legislative Assembly, and the bill or organic law bill
shall come into force as an Act or Organic Act upon its publication in the Government
Gazette.
If the King withholds His Royal Assent to any bill or organic law bill and
either return it to the National Legislative Assembly or does not return it within ninety
days, the National Legislative Assembly must reconsider such bill or organic law bill. If
the National Legislative Assembly resolves to reaffirm the bill or organic law bill with
the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of existing members, the
Prime Minister shall respectfully present such bill to the King for His Royal Signature
once again. If the King does not sign and return the bill within thirty days, the Prime
Minister shall cause the bill or organic law bill to be promulgated as an Act or Organic
Act in the Government Gazette as if the King had signed it.
Section 16. At a sitting of the National Legislative Assembly, every
member of the National Legislative Assembly has the right to interpellate a Minister
on any matter within the scope of his or her duties, but the Minister has the right to
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