Which of the following is the correct position regarding the legislative powers of the President?
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The President can refuse to sign a bill.
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Once the cabinet has passed a bill, the President must sign it.
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The President can send a bill back for reconsideration once.
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The President can send a bill back to the cabinet for unanimous recommendation.
According to Article 111 of the Indian Constitution, when a Bill has been passed by the Houses of Parliament, it shall be presented to the President, and the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom: Provided that the President may, as soon as possible after the presentation to him of a Bill for assent, return the Bill, if it is not a Money Bill, to the Houses with a message requesting that they will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof and, in particular, will consider the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message, and when a Bill is so returned, the Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again by the Houses with or without amendment and presented to the President for assent, the President shall not withhold assent therefrom.