Article 108 of the Constitution of India

and transmitted to the other House— (a) the Bill is rejected by the other House; or (b) the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; orSalaries andallowances ofmembers. Provisions as to introduction andpassing of Bills. Joint sitting of both Houses in certaincases.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part V. —The Union. —Arts. 105—108.)50 (c) more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House withoutthe Bill being passed by it, the President may, unless the Bill has elapsed by reason of a dissolution of the House of the People, notify to theHouses by message if they are sitting or by publicnotification if they are not sitting, his intention tosummon them to meet in a joint sitting for the purposeof deliberating and voting on the Bill: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to a Money Bill. (2) In reckoning any such period of six months as is referred to in clause (1), no account shall be taken ofany period during which the House referred to insub-clause ( c) of that clause is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days. (3) Where the President has under clause (1) notified his intention of summoning the Houses to meet in ajoint sitting, neither House shall proceed further withthe Bill, but the President may at any time after the dateof his notification summon the Houses to meet in a jointsitting for the purpose specified in the notification and,if he does so, the Houses shall meet accordingly. (4) If at the joint sitting of the two Houses the Bill, with such amendments, if any, as are agreed to in jointsitting, is passed by a majority of the total number ofmembers of both Houses present and voting, it shall bedeemed for the purposes of this Constitution to havebeen passed by both Houses: Provided that at a joint sitting— (a) if the Bill, having been passed by one House, has not been passed by the other House withamendments and returned to the House in which itoriginated, no amendment shall be proposed to theBill other than such amendments (if any) as are madenecessary by the delay in the passage of the Bill;THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part V. —The Union. —Art. 108.)51 (b) if the Bill has been so passed and returned, only such amendments as aforesaid shall be proposedto the Bill and such other amendments as are relevantto the matters with respect to which the Houses havenot agreed; and the decision of the person presiding as to the amendments which are admissible under this clause shallbe final. (5) A joint sitting may be held under this article and a Bill passed thereat, notwithstanding that a dissolutionof the House of the People has intervened since thePresident notified his intention to summon the Houses tomeet therein.