Chapter 4: Parliament
(4) A Bill must be dealt with in accordance with the procedure established by
subsection (1) if it provides for legislation—
(a) envisaged in section 44(2) or 220(3); or
(b) envisaged in Chapter 13, and which includes any provision affecting the
financial interests of the provincial sphere of government.
(5) A Bill envisaged in section 42(6) must be dealt with in accordance with the
procedure established by subsection (1), except that—
(a) when the National Assembly votes on the Bill, the provisions of section 53(1)
do not apply; instead, the Bill may be passed only if a majority of the members
of the Assembly vote in favour of it; and
(b) if the Bill is referred to the Mediation Committee, the following rules apply:
(i) If the National Assembly considers a Bill envisaged in subsection (1)(g)
or (h), that Bill may be passed only if a majority of the members of the
Assembly vote in favour of it.
(ii) If the National Assembly considers or reconsiders a Bill envisaged in
subsection (1)(e), (i) or (j), that Bill may be passed only if at least two
thirds of the members of the Assembly vote in favour of it.
(6) This section does not apply to money Bills.
[Para. (b) substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003.]
Money Bills
77.
(1) A Bill is a money Bill if it—
(a) appropriates money;
(b) imposes national taxes, levies, duties or surcharges;
(c) abolishes or reduces, or grants exemptions from, any national taxes, levies,
duties or surcharges; or
(d) authorises direct charges against the National Revenue Fund, except a Bill
envisaged in section 214 authorising direct charges.
(2) A money Bill may not deal with any other matter except—
(a) a subordinate matter incidental to the appropriation of money;
(b) the imposition, abolition or reduction of national taxes, levies, duties or
surcharges;
(c) the granting of exemption from national taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; or
(d) the authorisation of direct charges against the National Revenue Fund.
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