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Article 111

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 111

Assent to Bills. When a Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament, it shall be presented to the President, and the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill, or that he withholds assent therefrom: Provided that the President may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of a Bill for assent, return the Bill if it is not a Money Bill to the Houses with a message requesting that they will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message, and when a Bill is so returned, the Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the Houses with or without amendment and presented to the President for assent, the President shall not withhold assent therefrom.

In plain wordsEvery bill passed by Parliament needs the President's assent to become law. The President may sign, withhold assent, or send a non-Money Bill back once for reconsideration, but if Parliament passes it again the President must sign it, so the elected Houses have the last word.
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