Appropriation Act 2010 · As enacted
Section 5
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
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 by
Order either of a Deputy Secretary to the Treasury or the
Director General of the National Budget Department, who may be authorized in that behalf by the Secretary to the
Treasury.
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.