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Speaker or other Member presiding ascertains that the number of Members present is still less than one quarter of the total number of Members, he shall thereupon adjourn the Legislative Assembly.

41. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all questions proposed for decision in the Legislative Assembly shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Members present and voting; and if, upon any question before the Legislative Assembly, the votes of the Members are equally divided, the motion shall be lost.
 * (2) If the Speaker has been elected from among persons who are not Members of the Legislative Assembly, he shall not vote, but, subject to this provision, the Speaker or other person presiding shall have an original vote but no casting vote.

42. (1) The power of the Legislature to make laws shall be exercised by Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly and assented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara.


 * (2) A Bill shall become law on being assented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara and such law shall come into operation on the date of its publication in the Gazette or, if it is enacted either in such law or in any other law for the time being in force in the State that it shall come into operation on some other date, on that date.

43. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and of Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly, any Member may introduce any Bill or propose any motion for debate in, or may present any petition to, the Legislative Assembly, and the same shall be debated and disposed of according to the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly.


 * (2) A Bill or amendment making provision (whether directly or indirectly) for—


 * (a) imposing or increasing any tax or abolishing, reducing or remitting any existing tax; or


 * (b) the borrowing of money, or the giving of any guarantee, by the State, or the amendment of the law relating to the financial obligations of the State;


 * (c) the custody of the Consolidated Fund, the charging of any money on the Consolidated Fund or the abolition or alteration of any such charge;


 * (d) the payment of moneys into the Consolidated Fund or the payment, issue or withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of any moneys not charged thereon, or any increase in the amount of such a payment, issue or withdrawal;


 * (e) the receipt of any moneys on account of the Consolidated Fund or the custody or issue of such moneys ;

being provision as respects which the Minister charged with responsibility for finance signifies that it goes beyond what is incidental only and not of a substantial nature having regard to the purposes of the Bill or amendment, shall not be introduced or moved except on the recommendation of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara signified by a Minister.