# Bhutanese legislation

Bhutanese legislation is created by the bicameral Parliament of Bhutan. Either the Monarch Druk Gyalpo or the non-partisan house National Council or the seat of the Government National Assembly may admit bills into Parliament to be passed as acts, with the exception of money and financial bills, which are the sole purview of the National Assembly. When a bill has been introduced and passed by one house, it must present the bill to the other house within thirty days from the date of passing, and the bill may be passed during the next session of Parliament. In the case of budget bills and urgent matters, a bill must be passed in the same session of Parliament.
Once bills have passed Parliament, they are submitted to the King for royal assent within fifteen days.
If the other house neither passes nor returns the bill by the end of the next session, the bill is deemed to have passed, and the house in which the bill originated shall present the bill within fifteen days to the King for assent.
If the King does not grant assent to the bill, he returns the bill with amendments or objections for Parliament to deliberate and vote on the bill in a joint sitting. After Parliament deliberates and passes the bill in a joint sitting, Parliament resubmits the bill to the Druk Gyalpo who must then grant assent to the bill.
Acts passed predating the enactment of the Constitution in 2008 were passed under different procedures, some originating as promulgations by the King as indicated in their preamble. Below is a list of acts of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

## List of acts of the Kingdom of Bhutan

| Order | Act | Year | English | Dzongkha |
| 88 | Anti-Corruption Act, 2011 | 2011 | | |
| 87 | Royal Monetary Authority Act | 2010 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 86 | Tobacco Control Act | 2010 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 85 | Entitlement & Service Conditions Act for the Holders, Members & Commissioners of Constitutional Offices | 2010 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 84 | Bhutan Standards Act | 2010 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 83 | Local Government Act | 2009 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 82 | Cooperative (Amendment) Act | 2009 | English | Dzongkha |
| 81 | Prison Act | 2009 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 80 | Royal Bhutan Police Act | 2009 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 79 | Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 78 | Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 77 | National Council Act | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 76 | National Assembly Act | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 75 | National Referendum Act | 2008 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 74 | Public Election Fund Act | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 73 | Parliamentary Entitlements Act | 2008 | English | Dzongkha |
| 72 | Land Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 71 | Civil Society Organizations Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 70 | Immigration Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 69 | Judicial Service Act | 2007 | English | (unavailable) |
| 68 | Labour and Employment Act | 2007 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 67 | Natural Environment Protection Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 66 | Public Finance Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 65 | Religious Organizations Act | 2007 | English | Dzongkha |
| 64 | Local Governments Act | 2007 | English and Dzongkha | English and Dzongkha |
| 63 | Anti Corruption Act | 2006 | English | Dzongkha |
| 62 | Audit Act | 2006 | English | Dzongkha |
| 61 | Bhutan Information Communications & Media Act | 2006 | English | Dzongkha |
| 60 | Office of the Attorney General Act | 2006 | English | Dzongkha |
| 59 | Evidence Act | 2005 | English | (unavailable) |
| 58 | Food Act | 2005 | English | (unavailable) |
| 57 | Movable Cultural Property Act | 2005 | English | Dzongkha |
| 56 | Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse Act | 2005 | English | Dzongkha |
| 55 | Penal Code of the Kingdom of Bhutan | 2004 | English | Dzongkha |
| 54 | Road Act | 2004 | English | Dzongkha |
| 53 | Tenancy Act | 2004 | English | Dzongkha |
| 52 | National Assembly Committees Act | 2004 | English | (unavailable) |
| 51 | National Assembly Speakers Act | 2004 | English | (unavailable) |
| 50 | Biodiversity Act | 2003 | English | (unavailable) |
| 49 | Jabmi Act | 2003 | English | (unavailable) |
| 48 | Medicines Act | 2003 | English | Dzongkha |
| 47 | Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdu Act | 2002 | English | Dzongkha |
| 46 | Geog Yargay Tshogchhung Act | 2002 | English | Dzongkha |
| 45 | Medical and Health Council Act | 2002 | English | Dzongkha |
| 44 | Civil and Criminal Procedure Code | 2001 | English | Dzongkha |
| 43 | Commercial Sale of Goods Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 42 | Co-operative Act | 2001 | English | Dzongkha |
| 41 | Copyright Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 40 | Electricity Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 39 | Income Tax Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 38 | Industrial Property Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 37 | Livestock Act | 2001 | English | (unavailable) |
| 36 | Civil Aviation Act | 2000 | English | Dzongkha |
| 35 | Companies Act | 2000 | English | (unavailable) |
| 34 | Environmental Assessment Act | 2000 | English | Dzongkha |
| 33 | Pesticides Act | 2000 | English | Dzongkha |
| 32 | Sales Tax, Customs and Excise Act | 2000 | English | (unavailable) |
| 31 | Seeds Act | 2000 | English | Dzongkha |
| 30 | Bankruptcy Act | 1999 | English | Dzongkha |
| 29 | Bhutan Municipal Act | 1999 | English | Dzongkha |
| 28 | Bhutan Postal Corporation Act | 1999 | English | Dzongkha |
| 27 | Legal Deposit Act | 1999 | English | Dzongkha |
| 26 | Lhengye Zhungtsho Act | 1999 | English | Dzongkha |
| 25 | Movable and Immovable Property Act | 1999 | English | (unavailable) |
| 24 | Road Safety and Transport Act | 1999 | English | (unavailable) |
| 23 | Zhapto Lemi Chhathrim | 1996 | English | (unavailable) |
| 22 | Forest and Nature Conservation Act | 1995 | English | (unavailable) |
| 21 | Mines and Mineral Management Act | 1995 | English | Dzongkha |
| 20 | Census Handbook | 1993 | English | (unavailable) |
| 19 | Plant Quarantine Act | 1993 | English | (unavailable) |
| 18 | Financial Institutions Act | 1992 | English | (unavailable) |
| 17 | National Security Act | 1992 | English | Dzongkha |
| 16 | Extradition Act | 1991 | English | (unavailable) |
| 15 | Fire Arms and Ammunition Act | 1990 | English | Dzongkha |
| 14 | Bhutan Citizen Act | 1985 | English | (unavailable) |
| 13 | Prison Act | 1982 | English | Dzongkha |
| 12 | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Act | 1982 | English | (unavailable) |
| 11 | Loan Act | 1981 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 10 | Inheritance Act | 1980 | English | Dzongkha |
| 9 | Livestock Act | 1980 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 8 | Marriage Act | 1980 | English | (unavailable) |
| 7 | Royal Bhutan Police Act | 1980 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 6 | Land Act | 1979 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 5 | Bhutan Citizen Act | 1977 | English | (unavailable) |
| 4 | National Flag Rules | 1972 | English | (unavailable) |
| 3 | Kadyon | 1969 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |
| 2 | Nationality Law | 1958 | English | (unavailable) |
| 1 | Thrimzhung Chhenmo | 1953 | (unavailable) | Dzongkha |