(f) the audit of the accounts of the Federal Government or a Provincial Government; and
(g) any matter incidental to any of the matters specified in the preceding paragraphs.
(3) A Bill shall not be deemed to be a Money Bill by reason only that it provides—
(a) for the imposition or alteration of any fine or other pecuniary penalty, or for the demand
or payment of a licence fee or a fee or charge for any service rendered; or
(b) for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local
authority or body for local purposes.
(4) If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker of the
National Assembly thereon shall be final.
(5) Every Money Bill presented to the President for assent shall bear a certificate under the hand
of the Speaker of the National Assembly that it is a Money Bill, and such certificate shall be
conclusive for all purposes and shall not be called in question.
74. Federal Government’s consent required for financial measures. A Money Bill, or a Bill or
amendment which if enacted and brought into operation would involve expenditure from the Federal
Consolidated Fund or withdrawal from the Public Account of the Federation or affect the coinage or
currency of Pakistan or the constitution or functions of the State Bank of Pakistan shall not be
introduced or moved in 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] except by or with the consent of the Federal
Government.
2[75. President’s assent to Bills. (1) When a Bill is presented to the President for assent, the
President shall, within 3[ten] days,—
(a) assent to the Bill; or
(b) in the case of a Bill other than a Money Bill, return the Bill to the MajliseShoora
(Parliament) with a message requesting that the Bill or any specified provision thereof, be
reconsidered and that any amendment specified in the message be considered.
4[(2) When the President has returned a Bill to the Majlise Shoora (Parliament), it shall be
reconsidered by the MajliseShoora (Parliament) in joint sitting and, if it is again passed, with or
without amendment, by the MajliseShoora (Parliament), by the votes of the majority of the
members of both Houses present and voting, it shall be deemed for the purposes of the Constitution to
have been passed by both Houses and shall be presented to the President, and the President shall give
his assent within ten days, failing which such assent shall be deemed to have been given.]
(3) When the President has assented 5[or is deemed to have assented] to a Bill, it shall become
law and be called an Act of Majlise Shoora (Parliament).
1 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch., for "Parliament".
2 Subs. by P. O. No. 14 of 1985, Art. 2 and Sch., for "Article 75".
3 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 26, for "thirty".
4 Subs. ibid., for clause (2).
5 Ins. ibid.
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