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Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, 2009 (Act No. 9 of 2009)

Preamble

 

WHEREAS the Constitution requires that all spheres of government must not assume any power or function except those conferred on them in terms of the Constitution; and exercise their powers and perform their functions in a manner that does not encroach on the geographical, functional or institutional integrity of government in another sphere;

 

WHEREAS the Constitution provides that only the Cabinet member responsible for national financial matters may introduce a money Bill or a Bill which provides for legislation envisaged in section 214 of the Constitution:

 

WHEREAS the Constitution provides that legislative authority of the national sphere of government is vested in Parliament;

 

WHEREAS the Constitution provides that an Act of Parliament must provide for a procedure to amend money Bills before Parliament;

 

AND WHEREAS the purpose of amending money Bills is to give effect to resolutions on oversight of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces,

 

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-