Constitution of The BahamasIn briefDefines a Money Bill, says when the Senate is treated as rejecting a Bill, lets the Deputy Speaker stand in, and makes the Speaker's certificates final.
In Articles 59,60 and 61 of this Constitution "Money Bill" means a public Bill which, in the opinion of the Speaker, contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration or regulation of taxation; the imposition, for the payment of debt or other financial purposes, of charges on the Consolidated Fund or any other public funds or on monies provided by Parliament or the variation or repeal of any such charges; the grant of money to the Crow or to any authority or person, or the variation or revocation of any such grant, the appropriation, receipt, custody, investment, issue or audit of accounts of public money; the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof, of the establishment, alteration, administration or abolition of any sinking fund provided in connection with any such loan; or subordinate matters incidental to any of the matters aforesaid; and in this paragraph the expressions "taxation", "debt", "public fund", "public money", and "loan" do not include any taxation imposed, debt incurred, fund or money provided or loan raised by any local authority or body for local purposes.
In Articles 59, 60 and 61 of this Constitution, "Money Bill" means a public Bill which, in the opinion of the Speaker, contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters: imposing, repealing, remitting, altering or regulating taxation; imposing charges on the Consolidated Fund (the government's main account) or any other public funds, or on money provided by Parliament, for the payment of debt or other financial purposes, or varying or repealing such charges; granting money to the Crown or to any authority or person, or varying or revoking such a grant; the appropriation, receipt, custody, investment, issue or audit of accounts of public money; raising or guaranteeing any loan, or repaying it, or establishing, altering, administering or abolishing any sinking fund (a fund set aside to repay a loan) connected with such a loan; or subordinate matters incidental to any of those matters. In this paragraph, "taxation", "debt", "public fund", "public money" and "loan" do not include any taxation imposed, debt incurred, fund or money provided, or loan raised by a local authority or body for local purposes.
For the purposes of Article 61 of this Constitution, a Bill shall be deemed to be rejected by the Senate if-
For the purposes of Article 61 of this Constitution, a Bill is treated as rejected by the Senate if:
it is not passed by the Senate without amendment; or
the Senate does not pass it without amendment; or
it is passed by the Senate with any amendment which is not agreed to by the House of Assembly.
the Senate passes it with an amendment that the House of Assembly does not agree to.
Whenever the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is for any reason unable to perform any functions conferred upon him by paragraph (1) of this Article or by Articles 60 or 61 of this Constitution, that function may be performed by the Deputy Speaker.
Whenever the office of Speaker is vacant, or the Speaker is for any reason unable to perform a function given to the Speaker by paragraph (1) of this Article or by Articles 60 or 61 of this Constitution, the Deputy Speaker may perform that function.
Any certificate of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker given under Article 60 or 61 of this Constitution shall be conclusive for all purposes and shall not be questioned in any court.
A certificate given by the Speaker or Deputy Speaker under Article 60 or 61 of this Constitution is conclusive for all purposes and cannot be questioned in any court.