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(c) a Bill which originated in the National Assembly has been rejected or has not been
passed by the Senate within ninety days after the Bill was introduced into the Senate;
the Bill may be presented to the President for assent in the form in which it was passed by the
National Assembly, except for minor changes required by the passage of time and any
amendments on which the Senate and the National Assembly may have agreed.
(2) If, in the opinion of the Speaker, a Bill which—
(a) originated in the National Assembly; and
(b) was introduced into the National Assembly within ninety days after a previous Bill
originating in the Senate was introduced into the Senate;
contains provisions identical to those contained in that previous Bill, except for minor changes
required by the passage of time, subparagraph (1) applies to the Bill as though the ninety-day
periods in subparagraphs (a) and (c) of that subparagraph were periods of eight sitting days.
(3) A Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) or (2) cannot be presented to the President for
assent unless, after the ninety-day period or eight-day period specified in the subparagraph
concerned, the National Assembly has resolved that the Bill should be presented to the President
for assent.
(4) A Bill that is presented to the President for assent in accordance with this paragraph
must be accompanied by a certificate from the Speaker stating that the Bill is one to which this
paragraph applies and that the requirements of this paragraph have been satisfied.
(5) A Bill presented to the President in accordance with this paragraph is deemed to have
been duly passed by Parliament in the form in which it is presented to the President.
(6) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) a Bill originating in the National Assembly is deemed to have been introduced into the
Senate on the sitting day immediately after the date of its transmission to the Senate, as
recorded in the journal of the National Assembly in terms of paragraph 5(1);
(b) a Bill originating in the Senate is deemed to have been returned to the Senate on the
sitting day immediately after the date on which it is returned for the first time to the
Senate in accordance with paragraph 5(3).
(7) This paragraph does not apply to Constitutional Bills or Money Bills.
Money Bills
7. (1) The Senate does not have power to amend a Money Bill but may recommend that the
National Assembly make amendments to it.
(2) The Clerk of Parliament must certify every amendment which the Senate has
recommended should be made to a Money Bill and must transmit the certified amendment to the
National Assembly.
(3) The National Assembly must consider any amendments transmitted to it under this
paragraph and may incorporate them into the Money Bill concerned.
(4) If the Senate does not pass a Money Bill within eight sitting days counted from the day
the Bill was introduced into the Senate, the National Assembly may resolve that the Bill should
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