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Article 120 of the Constitution of South Africa

Article
120
Chapter
CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES
Index row title
(1) A Bill is a money Bill if it—
Source document
The South Africa Constitution
Provision ID
d0dc33a4-326c-4149-bfb5-fa9ca6c4db57

131 words

Verbatim text

(a) appropriates money; (b) imposes provincial taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; (c) abolishes or reduces, or grants exemptions from, any provincial taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; or (d) authorises direct charges against a Provincial Revenue Fund. (2) 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 provincial taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; (c) the granting of exemption from provincial taxes, levies, duties or surcharges; or (d) the authorisation of direct charges against a Provincial Revenue Fund. (3) A provincial Act must provide for a procedure by which the province’s legislature may amend a money Bill. [S. 120 substituted by s. 3 of the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001.] Assent to Bills

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 120 of the Constitution of South Africa.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES”.
  • The passage runs to about 131 words.

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