Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Pocket Veto
The correct answer is Pocket Veto. - A bill passed by the Parliament becomes Act only after getting the assent of the President.
- The President of India has the following rights over the bill passed by the Parliament:
- He may give his assent to the bill.
- Withhold his assent to the bill.
- He may return the bill for the reconsideration of the Parliament.
- The veto powers enjoyed by the President of India are:
- Absolute Veto.
- Pocket Veto.
- Suspensive Veto.
- A pocket veto is a kind of veto enjoyed by the President of India by keeping a bill on his table indefinitely without giving or refusing assent.
- He will not take any action on the bill under Pocket veto.
- The first president to use Pocket Veto was Gyani Zail Singh.
- Absolute Veto refers to the power of the President to withhold his assent to a bill passed by the Parliament.
- The President of India exercises the Suspensive Veto when he returns a bill for the reconsideration of the Parliament.
- Qualified Veto does not apply to Indian President
- President cannot send back a money bill passed by the Parliament.
- The 24th Constitutional Amendment Act 1971 made it obligatory for the president to give his assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill.
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