Which one of the following is not a correct feature of a Money Bill?

a) It can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. 

b) A Deputy Speaker can also certify a Money Bill in case of office of Speaker falling vacant. 

c) A Speaker’s authority is final as to whether a bill is Money Bill or not. 

d) It can be referred to a joint committee of the two Houses.

Solution: 

• A bill is deemed to be a money bill if it contains ‘only’ provisions dealing with all or any of the matters mentioned in Article 110 of the Constitution. 
• A money bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha and that too on the recommendation of the president. 
• Every such bill is considered to be a government bill and can be introduced only by a minister. 
• The Deputy Speaker performs the duties of the Speaker’s office when it is vacant. In such case, he assumes all the powers of the Speaker, including the authority to certify a Money Bill.
• Speaker decides whether a bill is a money bill or not and his decision on this question is final. 
• When a money bill is transmitted to the Rajya Sabha for recommendation and presented to the President for assent, the Speaker endorses on the bill his certificate that it is a money bill. 
• The Rajya Sabha has restricted powers with regard to a money bill. It cannot reject or amend a money bill. 
• It can only make the recommendations. Thus, unlike ordinary bills, a Money Bill or a Financial Bill cannot be referred to a Joint Committee of the Houses. 

Ans: (d)