Article 108. Joint sitting of both Houses in certain cases
(1) If after a Bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House—
(a) the Bill is rejected by the other House; or
(b) the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the Bill; or
(c) more than six months elapse from the date of the reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill being passed by it,
the President may, unless the Bill has lapsed by reason of a dissolution of the House of the People, notify to the Houses by message if they are sitting or by public notification if they are not sitting, his intention to summon them to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill.
(2) In reckoning any such period of six months as is referred to in clause (1), no account shall be taken of any period during which the House referred to in sub-clause (c) of that clause is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.
(3) Where the Houses have finally disagreed, or more than six months have elapsed, as mentioned in clause (1), without the Bill being passed, the President may notify his intention to summon the Houses to meet in a joint sitting, whether or not a fresh session of the Houses, or either of them, has been held since the Bill was first passed by one House.
(4) Where the Bill has been passed by one House and has not been passed by the other House, and either the Bill has been rejected by the other House or the period referred to in sub-clause (c) of clause (1) has elapsed, or the Bill has finally been disagreed to by the other House, the joint sitting may proceed to consider the Bill together with any amendments which may have been made in it by one House but not agreed to by the other House, and, if the Bill, with such amendments as aforesaid, if any, is passed at the joint sitting, it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Constitution to have been passed by both Houses.
(5) A joint sitting may be held under this article and a Bill passed thereat, notwithstanding that a dissolution of the House of the People has intervened since the President notified his intention to summon the Houses to meet therein.
