constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:49 4 Parliament not to deal with Money Bills or fiscal motions or petitions except on recommendation of Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister (1) Except on the recommendation of a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister, neither House of Parliament may-(a) proceed upon any Bill, including an amendment to a Bill, which, in the opinion of the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, is a Money Bill; (b) proceed upon any motion, including an amendment to a motion, whose effect, in the opinion of the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, is that provision should be made for any of the following matters-(i) imposing, increasing or reducing a tax for the benefit of the State; (ii) appropriating money from, or imposing or increasing any charge on, the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other fund vested in or controlled by the Government; (iii) compounding or remitting a debt due to the State; (iv) condoning a failure to collect a tax due to the State; or (v) condoning unauthorised expenditure by the Government; or (c) receive any petition which, in the opinion of the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, requests that provision be made for anything that is specified in subparagraph (b). (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to a Bill introduced, motion or amendment moved or petition presented by a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister. PART 2 PROCEDURE REGARDING BILLS 5 Transmission of Bills between Houses (1) A Bill which originated in one House of Parliament and has been passed by that House must be transmitted to the other House without delay, and the date of its transmission must be recorded in the journal of the House from which it is transmitted. (2) A Bill that has been transmitted to a House of Parliament must be introduced into that House without delay, and the House may reject the Bill or pass it with or without amendment. (3) A Bill which, having been transmitted to a House of Parliament in accordance with this paragraph, is passed by that House with amendments must be returned to the House where it originated with the amendments duly certified by the Clerk of Parliament, and the House to which it is returned may reject, agree to or amend any of those amendments. (4) If, after a Bill has been returned to its originating House in terms of subparagraph (3), any amendment made to it by the other House is rejected or amended by the originating House, the other House may, by message to the originating House pursuant to a resolution, withdraw the amendment or agree to its being amended. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 156