Legislature
Legislature is one of the important organ composed of representatives who are either directly or indirectly elected by the citizens of a country. It is formed to formulate laws of a country. This note has information on working of legislature.
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Legislature is one of the important organ composed of representatives who are either directly or indirectly elected by the citizens of a country. It is formed to formulate laws of a country. This note has information on working of legislature.
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- Legislature is one of the important organ composed of representatives who are either directly or indirectly elected by the citizens of a country. It formulates laws of a country.
- At present, there is no legislative in Nepal and it is represented by the Constituent assembly.
- Functions of legislative Parliament: Enactment of laws, Financial Control, Executive function, and Amendment of constitution
- Bill is a draft of law which when discussed and if passed by the parliament becomes formal law for something.
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Legislature
It is one of the important organ composed of representatives who are either directly or indirectly elected by the citizens of a country. It is formed to formulate laws of a country.
At present, there is no legislature and it is currently represented by the Constituent Assembly whose task is to draft constitution and enact laws. According to the constitution of 2047 B.S, there was bicameral legislative in which the House of Representatives and National Assembly formed the legislature. But, presently there is no drafted constitution and election for the House of Representatives is not held so only the Constituent Assembly is considered the legislative today.
Criteria to be a candidate for legislative parliament:
- Citizenship of Nepal
- 25 years of age
- Committed to and respect the spirit of mass movement
- Not in possession of profit oriented organization (office)
- Not convicted by the criminal court
Functions of Parliament:
- Enactment of laws: Parliament forms laws and makes sure they are formulated and followed well throughout the country.
- Financial Control: New taxes cannot be implemented without the approval of legislature, it approves annual budget.
- Executive function: Council of ministers is responsible to the parliament. The members of parliament who can prove the priority in the parliament recommends and appoints the leader as Prime Minister of Head of the State. Legislature has the power to table the "vote of no confidence". It means that if majority members cast their vote of no confidence against the government then the Prime Minister has to resign and the parliament is dissolved.
- Amendment of the constitution: Any article of the constitution can be changed or modified with 2/3 (two-third) majority of the legislature.
Executive functions of legislature:
- Appoints chief of executives
- Needed for the vote of confidence to sustain the ministry
- Ministry is responsible to the legislature
- It controls executive by raising questions and forwarding proposals for vote of confidence.
Bill:
Bill is a draft of law which when discussed and if passed by the parliament becomes formal law for something.
In a democracy, majority decide, but the decisions of the minority are also respected.
- The minority in the parliament always draw the attention of the majority to bring a new program for people's welfare.
- Irregularities that may be carried out by the majorities is always exposed by the minority.
- In a sense, it checks on and controls the majority.
- Using the rule of law, minority help in the reign of government.
- Minority makes the activities of the majority transparent and accountable to the people.
Lesson
Civic Sense
Subject
Social Studies
Grade
Grade 10
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