The constitution and laws of Barbados
Restriction on powers of Senate as to Money Bills
55. 1. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, if a Money Bill,
having been passed by the House of Assembly and sent to the Senate at least one
month before the end of the session, is not passed by the Senate without
amendment within one month after it is sent to that House, the Bill shall,
unless the House of Assembly otherwise resolves, be presented to the Governor
General for his assent notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to the
Bill.
2. There shall be endorsed on every Money Bill when it is sent to the Senate
the certificate of the Speaker signed by him that it is a Money Bill; and there
shall be endorsed on any Money Bill that is presented to the Governor General
for assent in pursuance of subsection (1) the certificate of the Speaker signed
by him that it is a Money Bill and that the provisions of that subsection have
been complied with.
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