Institutions

Federal Legislative Procedures

How legislation is introduced, debated, and passed at the federal level.

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Article 111. Procedures for Adoption of Bills

(1)A Bill adopted by one House of the Federal Parliament shall be transmitted to the other House as soon as possible and such Bill shall, if adopted by the receiving House, be submitted to the President for authentication.
(2)A Money Bill adopted by the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the National Assembly. The National Assembly shall, after deliberations on such Bill, send the Bill back to the House of Representatives within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the Bill, with suggestions, if any.
(3)The House of Representatives shall, upon deliberations on a Bill returned with suggestions pursuant to clause (2), present the Bill incorporating such suggestions as it may deem appropriate to the President for authentication.
(4)In case the National Assembly does not return a Money Bill received pursuant to clause (2) for more than fifteen days, the House of Representatives may present the Bill to the President for authentication.
(5)Any Bill, except for a Money Bill, adopted by the House of

Representatives and transmitted to the National Assembly shall be returned with approval or suggestions within two months from the date of receipt. In case the National Assembly does not return the Bill within that period, the House of Representatives may, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of its the then existing members, present the Bill to the President for authentication.

(6)In case any Bill, other than a Money Bill, adopted by one House is rejected or is accepted with amendments by the other House, the Bill shall be returned to the

House where it was originated. www.lawcommission.gov.np

(7)In case the House of Representatives, in considering a Bill which has been rejected or amended and returned by the National Assembly pursuant to clause (6), adopts it again as it was or with amendments, by a majority of the total number of the then existing members, the Bill shall be submitted to the President for authentication.
(8)In case a Bill which has been returned with amendments by the House of

Representatives to the National Assembly pursuant to clause (6) is also again adopted, with such amendments, by a majority of the number of the then existing members of the National Assembly, the Bill shall be submitted to the President for authentication.

(9)The following Bills shall be referred to a joint sitting of the both Houses, and in case the joint sitting adopts the Bill as it was or with amendments, the House in which the Bill originated shall present it to the President for authentication:-
(a)A Bill which, though adopted by the National Assembly, has been rejected by the House of Representatives; or
(b)A Bill which has been sent back to the National Assembly with amendments by the House of Representatives, but the National Assembly has not agreed on such amendments.
(10)Even though a session of a House is prorogued while a Bill is under its consideration, deliberations on the Bill may continue at the succeeding session.

Provided that in case the House of Representatives is dissolved or its term expires when any Bill introduced in the House of Representatives is under its consideration or when any Bill adopted by the House of Representatives is under consideration in the National Assembly, such Bill shall lapse.

Article 112. Withdrawal of Bills

A Bill may be withdrawn by the member introducing it with the approval of the House.

Article 113. Authentication on Bills

(1)The Bill to be presented to the President for authentication pursuant to Article 111 shall be certified by the Speaker or the Chairperson of the House in which the Bill originated and so presented. Provided that in case of a Money Bill, the Speaker shall so certify.
(2)A Bill presented to the President for his or her authentication in accordance with this Article shall be authenticated within fifteen days, and both Houses shall be informed thereof as soon as possible. www.lawcommission.gov.np
(3)In case the President is of the opinion that any Bill, except a Money Bill, presented for authentication needs reconsideration, he or she may, within fifteen days from the date of submission of such Bill, send back the Bill along with his or her message to the House in which the Bill originated.
(4)In case any Bill is sent back along with a message by the President, and both Houses reconsider and adopt such Bill as it was or with amendments and present it again, the President shall authenticate that Bill within fifteen days of such presentation.
(5)A Bill shall become an Act after the President authenticates it.

Article 114. Provisions relating to Ordinance

(1)In case, at any time, except when both Houses of the Federal Parliament are in session, circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action, the President may, on recommendation of the Council of Ministers, promulgate an Ordinance.
(2)The Ordinance promulgated pursuant to clause (1) shall have the same force and effect as an Act.

Provided that every such Ordinance,-

(a)Shall be tabled at the session of both Houses of the Federal Parliament held after the promulgation, and in case not adopted by both Houses, it shall, ipso facto, cease to be effective;
(b)May be repealed at any time by the President; and
(c)Shall, unless rendered ineffective or repealed pursuant to sub-clause
(a)or (b), ipso facto cease to be effective at the expiration of sixty days after the day on which a meeting of both Houses is held.

Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, "day on which a meeting of both Houses is held" means the day on which a session or meeting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament commences or is held, and this term means the later day on which a meeting of the House is held in case the Houses of the Federal Parliament meet on different dates. www.lawcommission.gov.np

Article 115. No tax to be levied or Loan to be raised

(1)No tax shall be levied and collected except in accordance with law.
(2)No loan shall be raised and guarantee be given by the Government of

Nepal except as provided for in the federal law.

Article 116. Federal Consolidated Fund

Except for the revenues of trusts (Guthi), all revenues received by the Government of Nepal, all loans raised on the security of revenues, all amounts received in repayment of any loan made under the authority of any Act and any other moneys received by the Government of Nepal shall, except as otherwise provided by a Federal Act, be credited to a Government Fund to be known as the Federal Consolidated Fund.

Article 117. Expenditures from Federal Consolidated Fund or Federal Government Fund

No expenditure shall be incurred out of the Federal Consolidated Fund or any other Federal Government Fund except the following:-

(a)Moneys charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund;
(b)Moneys required to meet the expenditure under a Federal Appropriation Act;
(c)Advance moneys authorized by a Federal Act required to meet expenditures, when an Appropriation Bill is under consideration; or
(d)Expenditures to be incurred in extraordinary circumstances under a Federal Vote of Credit Act, which contains only a description of expenditures. Provided that matters relating to the Federal Contingency Fund shall be governed by Article 124.

Article 118. Expenditures Chargeable on Federal Consolidated Fund

The expenditures relating to the following matters shall be charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund, and approval of the Federal Parliament shall not be required for such expenditures:- www.lawcommission.gov.np

(a)The amount required as remuneration and facilities of the President and the Vice-president;
(b)The amount required as remuneration and facilities payable to the Chief