Constitution of The BahamasIn briefA Money Bill the Senate does not pass unchanged within one month can go to the Governor-General for assent without the Senate's consent, with the Speaker's certificate.
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 present to the Governor-General for his assent notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to the Bill.
Subject to this Constitution, if the House of Assembly passes a Money Bill (a Bill dealing only with taxation and public money, as defined in Article 62) and sends it to the Senate at least one month before the end of the session, and the Senate does not pass it without amendment within one month after it is sent, the Bill must be presented to the Governor-General for assent (formal approval) even though the Senate has not consented to it, unless the House of Assembly resolves otherwise.
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 paragraph (1) of this Article the certificate of the Speaker signed by him that it is a Money Bill and that the provisions of that paragraph have been complied with.
Every Money Bill sent to the Senate must carry a certificate signed by the Speaker stating that it is a Money Bill. Every Money Bill presented to the Governor-General for assent under paragraph (1) of this Article must carry a certificate signed by the Speaker stating that it is a Money Bill and that the requirements of that paragraph have been met.