Section 36 — Special provisions as to financial Bills.

36. Special provisions as to financial Bills.—(1) A Bill or amendment shall not be introduced
into, or moved in, the Legislative Assembly except on the recommendation of the Lieutenant
Governor, if such Bill or Amendment makes provision for any of the following matters, namely:—
      (a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax;
      (b) the amendment of the law with respect to any financial obligations undertaken or to be
   undertaken by the Government of the Union territory;
      (c) the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory;
     (d) the declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of the
   Union territory or the increasing of the amount of any such expenditure;
      (e) the receipt of money on account of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory or the
   public account of the Union territory or the custody or issue of such money or the audit of the
   account of the Union territory:
     Provided that no recommendation shall be required under this sub-section for the moving of an
   amendment making provision for the reduction or abolition of any tax.
   (2) A Bill or Amendment shall not be deemed to make provision for any of the matters aforesaid
by reason only that it provides for the imposition of fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the
demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered, or by reason that it provides for
the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body
for local purposes.
    (3) A Bill which, if enacted and brought into operation, would involve expenditure from the
Consolidated Fund of Union territory shall not be passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Union
territory unless the Lieutenant Governor has recommended to the Assembly, the consideration of the
Bill.


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