Cap. 601 Art. 10Authorisation of expenditurebefore appropriation.

(1) If the Appropriation Act has not come into force at the commencement of any financial year, the Minister may authorise the issue of moneys from the Consolidated Fund for the purpose of meeting recurrent and capital expenditure as may be considered necessary for carrying on the Government:

Provided that moneys so authorised to be issued for any expenditure shall not exceed one-third of the amount voted for that expenditure under the Appropriation Act relating to the preceding financial year:

Provided further that moneys, to be issued for any capital expenditure, shall only be authorised for contracts which have already been entered into in the previous financial years.

(2) Any moneys authorised to be issued as provided in sub-article (1) shall not exceed the sum specified for that expenditure in the estimates presented for the current financial year and shall be set off against the amounts respectively provided in the Appropriation Act on its coming into force.

(3) The powers conferred on the Minister by this article shall not extend beyond the period of the first four (4) months of any financial year or beyond the day on which the Appropriation Act for that year comes into operation, whichever is the earlier.