Parliament and Public Finance

21. Bills appropriating public money---The House of Representatives shall not pass any Bill providing for the appropriation of public money or for the imposition of any charge upon the public revenue unless the making of that appropriation or the imposition of that charge has been recommended to the House of Representatives by the Crown.

Cf. New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, s. 54 (U.K.)

22. Parliamentary control of public finance---It shall not be lawful for the Crown, except by or under an Act of Parliament,---

(a) To levy a tax; or

(b) To raise a loan or to receive any money as a loan from any person;

or

(c) To spend any public money.

Cf. The Bill of Rights, Article 4 (U.K.); 1977, No. 65, ss. 53 (1),

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