Legislative Procedure
Legislative Procedure Article 107's introduction and passage provisions Except for money bills [109] and other financial bills [117], bills may originate in either House of Parliament, according to Article 107. A measure must not be regarded to have been approved by the House of Parliament, subject to the requirements of articles 108 and 109, until it has been agreed to by both houses, either without alteration or with such amendment as are agreed to by both houses. The propagation of the houses must not cause a pending bill in Parliament to expire. A bill pending in the Council of State but not approved by the House of Representatives will not expire when that body is dissolved. Subject to the provisions of Article 108, a bill that is pending in the House of People or that the House of People has already passed will expire when the House of People dissolves. The two houses may meet together [Article 108] According to Article 108, if the following conditions are met after a measu...