Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

49.   Restrictions on powers of Senate as to money bills

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    (1)   If a money bill, having been passed by the House and sent to the Senate at least one month before the end of the session, is not passed by the Senate without amendment within one month after it is sent to the Senate, the bill shall, unless the House otherwise resolves, be presented to the Governor General for his or her assent notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to the bill.

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    (2)   There shall be endorsed on every money bill when it is sent to the Senate the certificate of the Speaker signed by him or her that it is a money bill; and there shall be endorsed on any money bill that is submitted to the Governor General for assent in pursuance of subsection (1) the certificate of the Speaker signed by him or her that it is a money bill and the provisions of that subsection have been complied with.