Cap. 478 чл. 19Expenditure to be according to approved estimates.

(1) No expenditure shall be made or incurred by the

Commissioner unless it has been approved by the Minister as provided in article 18.

(2) Except for funds generated by the Commissioner or received from non-State sources, the Commissioner shall remain within the parameters of capital and recurrent expenditure allocated to him by the Minister as authorised by the Minister responsible for finance.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1) and (2) -

(a) until the expiration of six months from the beginning of a financial year, or until the approval of the estimates for that year by the Minister, whichever is the earlier date, the Commissioner may make or incur expenditure for carrying on his functions under this Act not exceeding in the aggregate one-half of the amount approved by the Minister for the preceding financial year;

(b) expenditure approved in respect of a head or sub-head of the estimates may, with the approval of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, be made or incurred in respect of another head or sub-head of the estimates;

(c) in respect of the first financial year, the Commissioner may make or incur expenditure not exceeding in the aggregate such amounts as the Minister responsible for finance may, after consultation with the Minister, allow;

(d) if in respect of any financial year it is found that the amount approved by the Minister is not sufficient or a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose not provided for in the estimates, the Commissioner may adopt supplementary estimates for approval by the Minister, and in any such case the provisions of this Act applicable to the estimates shall apply to the supplementary estimates mutatis mutandis.