The constitution and laws of Barbados
Provisions relating to section 54, 55 and 56
57. 1. In sections 54, 55 and 56 "Money Bill" means a public Bill which,
in the opinion of the Speaker contains only provisions dealing with all or any
of the following matters, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration
or regulation of taxation; the imposition, for the payment of debt or other
financial purposes, of charges on the Consolidated Fund or any other public
funds or on monies provided by Parliament or the variation or repeal of any
such charges; the grant of money to the Crown or to any authority or person, or
the variation or revocation of any such grant; the appropriation, receipt,
custody, investment, issue or audit of accounts of public money; the raising or
guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof, or the establishment,
alteration administration or abolition of any sinking fund provided in
connection with any such loan; or subordinate matters incidental to any of the
matters aforesaid; and in this subsection the expressions "taxation", "debt",
"public fund", "public money" and "loan" do not include any taxation imposed,
debt incurred, fund or money provided or loan raised by any local authority or
body for local purposes.
2. For the purposes of section 56, a Bill shall be deemed to be rejected by the
Senate if -
a. it is not passed by the Senate without amendment; or
b. it is passed by the Senate with any amendment which is not agreed to by the
House of Assembly.
3. Whenever the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is for any reason
unable to perform any function conferred upon him by subsection (1) or by
section 55 or 56, that function may be performed by the Deputy Speaker.
4. Any certificate of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker given under section 55 or
56 shall be conclusive for all purposes and shall not be questioned in any
court.
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