Question

Mention the period for which the following bills may be delayed by rajya sabha:
a) Ordinary Bills
b) Money Bills

Answer 1

Answer:

Mention the period for which the following bills may be delayed by rajya sabha:

a) Ordinary Bills

b) Money Bills

Explanation:

a)six months

An ordinary bill can be detained by the Rajya Sabha for a maximum period of six months.

b) A money bill has to be returned by the Rajya Sabha to the Lok Sabha within 14 days or it is deemed to have been passed in the form it was originally passed by Lok Sabha.

Answer 2

A bill deemed to be money bill if it contains “only provisions dealing with imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax”. An Ordinary Bill can be introduced in any of the Houses of Parliament while money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha.