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Difficulty: EasyUnion Legislature: Parliament Structure, Lawmaking, and Committees

With reference to the Union Legislature in India, which Article of the Constitution of India explicitly provides the legal definition of a 'Money Bill'?

  1. Article 110Answer
  2. B
    Article 109
  3. C
    Article 112
  4. D
    Article 123

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Article 110
Article 110 of the Constitution of India provides the precise definition of a Money Bill, stating that a bill is deemed to be a Money Bill if it contains only provisions dealing with taxation, custody or withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of India, or regulation of borrowing money by the Union Government.

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Recall the constitutional article that contains the definition of a Money Bill.
Article 110 of the Indian Constitution defines a Money Bill as one dealing exclusively with taxation, government borrowing, or expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India.
It is essential to distinguish between the article containing the definition (Article 110) and the article prescribing the legislative procedure (Article 109).

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Constitutional provisions defining a Money Bill (Article 110)
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