Appropriation

Appropriation AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR, 1970-71, TO AUTHORIZE THE RAISING OF LOANS IN OR OUTSIDE CEYLON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH SERVICE, TO MAKE FINANCIAL PROVISION IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THAT FINANCIAL YEAR, TO ENABLE THE PAYMENT, BY WAY OF ADVANCES OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND OF CEYLON OR ANY OTHER FUND OR MONEYS OF, OR AT THE DISPOSAL OF, THE GOVERNMENT, OF MONEYS REQUIRED DURING THAT FINANCIAL YEAR FOR EXPENDITURE ON SUCH ACTIVITIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFUND OF SUCH MONEYS TO THAT CONSOLIDATED FUND, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR MATTERS CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE AFORESAID MATTERS. BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : – Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, No. 36 of 1970. Appropriation for financial year, 1970-71. 2. (1) Without prejudice to any other law authorizing any expenditure, the expenditure of the Government, which it is estimated will be rupees three thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine million nine hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred and forty-seven for the service of the financial year beginning on October 1, 1970, and ending on September 30, 1971, shall be met (a) from payments which are hereby authorized to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of Ceylon, or any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of, the Government; and (b) from the proceeds of loans which are hereby authorized to be raised, whether in or outside Ceylon, for and on behalf of the Government, so however, that the aggregate of such proceeds does not exceed rupees one thousand seven hundred million. The sum of rupees three thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine million nine hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred and forty-seven hereinbefore referred to may be expended as specified in the First Schedule to this Act. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) of this section shall have effect without prejudice to the provisions of any other written law authorizing the raising of loans for and on behalf of the Government. (3) The provisions of this section shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have come into force on October 1, 1970, and accordingly, but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this section, any loan raised under the Registered Stock and Securities Ordinance on or after that date shall be deemed to have been so raised under the authority of this section. Financial provision in respect of certain activities of the Government for the financial year, 1970-71. 3. (1) The receipts of the Government, during the financial year referred to in section 2, from each activity specified in column I of the Second Schedule to this Act shall be credited to the account of such activity, but the aggregate of the receipts so credited shall not exceed the maximum limit specified in the corresponding entry in column III of that Schedule. Any receipts from such activity in excess of such maximum limit shall be credited to the Consolidated Fund of Ceylon. (2) The expenditure incurred by the Government, during the financial year referred to in section 2, on each activity specified in column I of the Second Schedule to this Act shall be paid out of the receipts of the Government from such activity during that financial year, but such expenditure shall not exceed the maximum limit specified in the corresponding entry in column II of that Schedule. (3) The debit balance, outstanding at the end of the financial year referred to in section 2, of any activity specified in column I of the Second Schedule to this Act shall not exceed the maximum limit specified in the corresponding entry in column IV of that Schedule, and the total liabilities of that activity at the end of that financial year shall not exceed the maximum limit specified in the corresponding entry in column V of that Schedule. Payment from the Consolidated Fund, or any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of the Government, of advances for expenditure on the activities referred to in section 3 during the financial year, 1970-71. 4. Whenever, at any time during the financial year referred to in section 2, the receipts of the Government from any activity specified in column I of the Second Schedule to this Act are insufficient to meet the expenditure incurred by the Government on such activity, the Minister of Finance may, from time to time, by Order direct that such sums as he may deem necessary to meet such expenditure shall be payable, by way of advances, out of the Consolidated Fund of Ceylon, or any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of, the Government, so however, that the aggregate of the sums so advanced does not exceed the maximum limit of expenditure specified in the corresponding entry in column II of that Schedule. Any sums so advanced in respect of such activity shall be refunded to that Consolidated Fund in such manner as the Minister of Finance may by Order direct. Power to transfer unexpended moneys from one Vote to another Vote under the same head of expenditure. 5. Any moneys which, by virtue of the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act, have been allocated to any vote other than Votes Nos. 3, 5 and 7, appearing under any head specified in that Schedule but have not been expended and are not likely to be expended, may be transferred to any other vote under that head by order of the Secretary to the Treasury or any other officer authorized by him. Power of Minister of Finance to vary the maximum limits specified in the Second Schedule to this Act. 6. The Minister of Finance, with the approval of the Government, may, on or before April 30, 1972, by Order vary or alter any of the maximum limits specified in column II, column III, column IV or column V, of the Second Schedule to this Act. Any such Order shall, if so expressed therein, be deemed to have had effect from such date prior to the date of making of such Order as may be specified therein. Power of House of Representatives to amend the Second Schedule to this Act. 7. The House of Representatives may, by resolution, amend the Second Schedule to this Act, by adding to the appropriate columns of that Schedule, any activity and all or any of the maximum limits relating to such activity. Certain expenditure and advances to be deemed to have been incurred and made, respectively, under the authority of this Act and certain moneys to be deemed to be included in the First Schedule to this Act. 8. Notwithstanding anything in the resolution making financial provision for the service of the period commencing on October 1, 1970, and ending on the day immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this Act passed by the House of Representatives on the twelfth day of September, 1970 (a) any sums which have been expended during that period from moneys allocated by that resolution to any vote appearing under any head specified in the First Schedule to that resolution shall be deemed, for all purposes, not to have been expended under the authority of that resolution but to have been expended under the authority of this Act ; (b) any moneys so allocated which have not been expended on the day immediately prior to the date of the commencement of this Act shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be included in the moneys allocated to the corresponding vote appearing under the corresponding head under this Act ; and (c) any sums paid, by way of advances, out of the Consolidated Fund of Ceylon, during the period commencing on October 1, 1970, and ending on the day immediately prior to the date of commencement of this Act, in respect of the services specified in the Second Schedule to that resolution shall be deemed, for all purposes, not to have been so advanced under the authority of that resolution but to have been so advanced under the authority of this Act.