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(d)
a joint sitting of the Senate and the House in terms of sections 115 (3), 117
(1), 118 and Chapter XVII.
(3)
Where a bill that has been duly passed is presented to the King for assent the King
shall signify that he assents or withholds assent −
(a)
in the case of an appropriation bill, or bill for a law to amend this Constitution,
within ten days;
(b)
in the case of any other bill, within twenty-one days.
When laws come into operation
109.
(1)
The Attorney-General shall cause a bill that has been duly passed and assented to in
accordance with this Constitution, to be published in the Gazette as law as soon as
practicable.
(2)
A law made by the King and Parliament shall not come into operation until that law
has been published in the Gazette.
(3)
Subject to the provisions of section 119, the King and Parliament may state when a
law or part of the law shall come into operation.
(4)
Laws made by the King and Parliament in terms of this Constitution shall be styled
“Acts of Parliament”, and the words of enactment shall be “ENACTED by the King and the
Parliament of Swaziland”.
Introduction of bills
110.
A bill may be introduced in either chamber of Parliament except that −
(a)
a money bill shall not be introduced in the Senate,
(b)
a bill affecting matters in terms of section 115 shall not be
introduced in the House.
Bills settling financial matters
111.
Except with the consent of the Cabinet signified by the Prime Minister or the Minister
responsible for finance, neither chamber of Parliament shall
(a) proceed upon any bill including an amendment to a bill that in the opinion of the
person presiding makes provision for any of the following –
(i)
the imposition of taxation or the alteration of taxation otherwise than
by reduction;
(ii)
the imposition of any charge upon the Consolidated Fund or other
public funds of Swaziland or the alteration of any such charge
otherwise than by reduction;
(iii)
the payment, issue or withdrawal, from the Consolidated Fund or
other public funds of Swaziland of any moneys not charged on the
Consolidated Fund or any increase in the amount of that payment,
issue or withdrawal, or the composition or remission of any debt due
to the Government; or
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