S.L. 601.12 Art. 53Modification without approval. Cap. 534.

When a modification is carried out without seeking the prior written approval of the Director or of the respective Permanent Secretary, as the case may be, the Director or the Permanent Secretary cannot be requested to give a retroactive approval of the modification and thus shall abstain from taking any cognisance of it. The responsibility of this unapproved modification shall vest in the head of that contracting authority in accordance with the Fiscal

Responsibility Act.