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Article 107

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 107

Provisions as to introduction and passing of Bills. (1) Subject to the provisions of articles 109 and 117 with respect to Money Bills and other financial Bills, a Bill may originate in either House of Parliament. (2) Subject to the provisions of articles 108 and 109, a Bill shall not be deemed to have been passed by the Houses of Parliament unless it has been agreed to by both Houses, either without amendment or with such amendments only as are agreed to by both Houses. (3) A Bill pending in Parliament shall not lapse by reason of the prorogation of the Houses. (4) A Bill pending in the Council of States which has not been passed by the House of the People shall not lapse on a dissolution of the House of the People. (5) A Bill which is pending in the House of the People, or which having been passed by the House of the People is pending in the Council of States, shall, subject to the provisions of article 108, lapse on a dissolution of the House of the People.

In plain wordsAn ordinary bill may start in either House and becomes law only when both Houses agree on the same text. Pending bills survive a prorogation, but a bill sitting in the Lok Sabha, or passed by it and pending in the Rajya Sabha, dies when the Lok Sabha is dissolved.
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