Chapter 4: Parliament
Money Bills
77.
(1)
(2)
(3)
A Bill is a money Bill if it—
(a) appropriates money;
(b) imposes national taxes, levies, duties or surcharges;
(c) abolishes or reduces, or grants exemptions from, any national taxes, levies,
duties or surcharges; or
(d) authorises direct charges against the National Revenue Fund, except a Bill
envisaged in section 214 authorising direct charges.
A money Bill may not deal with any other matter except—
(a) a subordinate matter incidental to the appropriation of money;
(b) the imposition, abolition or reduction of national taxes, levies, duties or
surcharges;
(c) the granting of exemption from national taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; or
(d) the authorisation of direct charges against the National Revenue Fund.
All money Bills must be considered in accordance with the procedure established by
section 75. An Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money Bills
before Parliament.
[S. 77 substituted by s. 2 of the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act 2001.]
Mediation Committee
78.
(1)
(2)
The Mediation Committee consists of—
(a) nine members of the National Assembly elected by the Assembly in accordance
with a procedure that is prescribed by the rules and orders of the Assembly and
results in the representation of parties in substantially the same proportion
that the parties are represented in the Assembly; and
(b) one delegate from each provincial delegation in the National Council of
Provinces, designated by the delegation.
The Mediation Committee has agreed on a version of a Bill, or decided a question,
when that version, or one side of the question, is supported by—
(a) at least five of the representatives of the National Assembly; and
(b) at least five of the representatives of the National Council of Provinces.
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