Constitution of India, 1949
200.Assent to Bills.-
When a Bill has been passed by the Legislative
Assembly of a State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council,
has been passed by both Houses of the Legislature of the State, it shall be
presented to the Governor and the Governor shall declare either that he assents
to the Bill or that he withholds assent there from or that he reserves the Bill
for the consideration of the President:
Provided that the Governor may, as soon as
possible after the presentation to him of the Bill for assent, return the Bill
if it is not a Money Bill together with a message requesting that the House or
Houses 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 House
or Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed
again by the House or Houses with or without amendment and presented to the
Governor for assent, the Governor shall not withhold assent there from:
Provided further that the Governor shall not
assent to, but shall reserve for the consideration of the President, any Bill which
in the opinion of the Governor would, if it became law, so derogate from the
powers of the High Court as to endanger the position which that Court is by
this Constitution designed to fill.