PART III - The Constitution of the Nation

PART 3 - The Constitution of the Nation

Section 7 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Presidential Veto
Clause 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or agree with amendments for these bills as on other bills.
Clause 2. Every bill which has passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the Nation; If (s)he approves, (s)he shall sign it, but if not (s)he shall return it, with noted objections to the House in which it originated, who shall enter the objections on their Journal of Proceedings, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, which shall likewise reconsider it, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by voice vote by Yea or Nay, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the Journal of Proceedings of each House, respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten working days after it shall have been presented to him/her, the bill shall be a Law, as if (s)he had signed it, unless the Parliament by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a Law.
Clause 3. Every order, resolution, or vote, excluding bills, for which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the Nation; and before the same shall take effect, it shall be approved by him/her, or being disapproved by him/her, shall be re-passed by two- thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
Section 8 - Powers of Parliament
Clause 1. The National Parliament shall have power to determine and collect taxes, duties, and excises, to pay the national debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the Nation; but all duties and Excises shall be uniform throughout the Nation;
To borrow money on the credit of the Nation;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among Districts;
To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the Nation;
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current money of the Nation;
To establish Post Offices;
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right under patent to their respective writings and discoveries;
To create tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the International Law of Nations;
To declare war, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than 2 years;
To provide and maintain a navy;
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
To provide for calling forth a militia to execute the national laws, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, a citizen militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Nation, reserving to the Districts respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Parliament; and,
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Nation, or in any department or officer thereof.