The Jurisdiction Scope of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Amending Governmental Bills

According to the articles of the Constitution and laws regarding to the legislation process in the Islamic Republic of Iran legal system, there is no specific limitation for Islamic Consultative Assembly to amend governmental bills except for those that are stated in Article 75. The question that may arise here is that “To which extent is the Islamic Consultative Assembly free for amending the bills in the legislation process?”. According to the studies done in this research – both descriptive and analytical – it is concluded that the Guardian Council in the position of complying the statutes of the Parliament with the Constitution has declared that referring to Article 74 and insisting on not making substantial changes in the governmental bills, has set limitations for the Islamic Consultative Assembly to amend the bills. Being restricted to: "the government bill's framework", "the subject of the government bill" and "not making extensive changes to the government bill" are among these criteria. Therefore, in accordance to these criteria, it can be concluded that the the competence of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in amending the governmental bills is restricted to the extent that the nature of the bill is preserved.