Ruling alliance decides to send back citizenship bill for authentication to Prez without making any changes

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The ruling alliance has decided to send the Citizenship Act Amendment bill for authentication to the President’s Office without making any sort of changes.

A meeting of the ruling alliance held earlier on Tuesday morning took a decision to this effect.

Earlier, the President had returned the bill, endorsed by both the lower and upper house, to parliament calling for review.

According to Article 113(2) of the Constitution of Nepal, there is a provision that a bill presented to the President for his or her authentication in accordance with this Article shall be authenticated within fifteen days, and both Houses shall be informed thereof as soon as possible.

Likewise, as per Article 113(3), In case the President is of the opinion that any Bill, except a Money Bill, presented for authentication needs reconsideration, he or she may, within fifty days from the date of submission of such Bill, send back the Bill along with his or her message to the House in which the Bill originated.


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