Act of Parliament · As enacted
Appropriation Act 2004
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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s 1Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation
Act, No. 15 of 2004.
Without prejudice to any other law authorising any expenditure, the expenditure of the Government which it is estimated will be rupees four hundred and seventy eight thousand five hundred and seven million six hundred and thirty two thousand for the service of the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and ending on December 31, 2005, in this Act referred to as the “financial year 2005”, shall be met—
from payments which are hereby authorised to be made out of the Consolidated Fund or any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of, the Government ;
and
from the proceeds of loans which are hereby authorised to be raised, whether in or outside Sri Lanka, for and on behalf of the Government, so however, that the aggregate of such proceeds does not exceed rupees four hundred and fifty seven thousand one hundred and fifty million five hundred and seventy thousand.
The sum of rupees four hundred and seventy eight thousand five hundred and seven million six hundred and thirty two thousand referred to in subsection (1) may be expended as specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
The provisions of subsection (1) shall have effect, without prejudice to the provisions of any other written law authorising the raising of loans for and on behalf of the
Government.
The receipts of the Government during the financial year, 2005, 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 receipts so credited shall be not less than the minimum limit specified in the corresponding entry in Column III of that Schedule.
The net surplus, if any, of such activity, shall be paid to the
Consolidated Fund before the expiry of six months after the close of the financial year, 2005.
For the purpose of determining the net surplus under subsection (1), the following charges shall be set off against the revenue of each activity :—
the working, establishment and other expenses of the activity whether paid or accrued, properly chargeable to the revenue of the activity ;
and
provision to cover the depreciation of the movable and immovable property of the activity.
The expenditure incurred by the Government, during the financial year, 2005, 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.
The debit balance, outstanding at the end of the financial year, 2005, 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.
s 4
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, 2005
Whenever, at any time during the financial year, 2005, 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 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 or any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of, the Government, so however, that the aggregate of the sums so advanced shall not exceed the maximum limit of expenditure specified in the corresponding entry in Column II of that Schedule. Any sum so advanced in respect of such activity shall be refunded to the Consolidated Fund in such manner as the Minister may by Order direct.
s 5
Power to transfer unexpended moneys allocated to Recurrent Expenditure to another allocation within the same Programme or to another Programme under the same Head of expenditure
Any moneys which, by virtue of the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act, have been allocated to
Recurrent Expenditure under any Programme appearing under any Head specified in that Schedule, but have not been expended or are not likely to be expended, may be transferred to the allocation of Capital Expenditure within that
Programme, or to the allocation of Recurrent Expenditure or Capital Expenditure under any other Programme within that Head by order of the Secretary to the Treasury or any officer authorised by him.
No moneys allocated to Capital Expenditure under any Programme appearing under any Head specified in the
First Schedule to this Act shall be transferred out of that
Programme or to any allocation of Recurrent Expenditure of that Programme.
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), any money allocated to Recurrent or Capital Expenditure under the “Public Resources Management” Programme appearing under the Head “Department of National Budget” specified in the First Schedule may be transferred to any other
Programme under any other Head in the Schedule by order of the Secretary to the Treasury or any officer authorised by him. The money so transferred shall be deemed to have been covered by a supplementary estimate submitted by the appropriate Minister.
s 6Power of Minister to limit expenditure previously authorised
Where the Minister is satisfied—
that receipts from taxes and other sources will be less than the amounts anticipated to finance authorised expenditure ; or
that amounts originally appropriated for a particular purpose or purposes are no longer required, he may, with the approval of the Government, withdraw in whole or in part, any amounts previously released for expenditure under the authority of a warrant issued by him from the Consolidated Fund or from any other fund or moneys of, or at the disposal of, the Government to meet any authorised expenditure.
The Minister with the approval of the Government may, on or before May 31, 2006, by Order, vary or alter—
any of the maximum limits specified in Column II,
Column IV and Column V ;
the minimum limits specified in Column III, of the Second Schedule to this Act.
No Order made under subsection (1) shall have effect unless it has been approved by Parliament, by resolution.
Any Order made under subsection (1) shall, if so expressed therein, be deemed to have had effect from such date prior to the date of making such Order as may be specified therein.
s 8Power of Parliament to amend the Second Schedule to this Act
Parliament may, by resolution, amend the Second
Schedule to this Act, by adding to the appropriate Columns of that Schedule, any activity and providing for—
all or any of the maximum limits relating to such activity;
the minimum limit relating to such activity.
s 9Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency
In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
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