166 (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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