Parliament - Short Trick

Our parrot is seventy-nine years old.

Parliament — its make-up=Art 79 — the President + the Rajya Sabha + the Lok Sabha

Lokesh takes bus number eighty-one.

Lok Sabha — composition=Art 81 — at most 530 members from the States and 20 from the Union Territories

Sesame seeds for eighty-five rupees

Sessions — summoning=Art 85 — the President summons; no more than six months between two sittings · 85(2)(a) prorogation, 85(2)(b) dissolution of the Lok Sabha

An address book with eighty-seven names

Address by the President (special)=Art 87(1) — to both Houses together at the first session after each general election and the first session of every year

A casting call for one hundred actors

Casting vote=Art 100 — the presiding officer does not vote at first, but must vote to break a tie

Dismissed for one hundred and two runs

Disqualifications=Art 102 — office of profit, unsound mind, undischarged insolvent, not a citizen, by a law of Parliament, the Tenth Schedule (defection)

Private room number one hundred and five

Privileges=Art 105 — freedom of speech in the House · no court case for what is said or how one votes · by law — no arrest in civil cases during a session and 40 days before and after

The joint family called the one-oh-eight ambulance.

Joint sitting=Art 108 — called by the President; the Speaker presides · never for a Money Bill or a Constitution Amendment Bill

A money plant for one hundred and ten rupees

Money Bill=Art 110 — only in the Lok Sabha, on the President’s recommendation · the Speaker’s decision is final · the Rajya Sabha must return it within 14 days

The budget went wrong so we dialled one-one-two.

Budget — Annual Financial Statement=Art 112 — the President has each year’s estimated receipts and spending laid before both Houses · 112(3) — charged expenditure