Appropriation Act 2016 · As enacted
2. Appropriation for financial year, 2017
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
Without prejudice to any other law authorizing any expenditure and subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the expenditure of the Government which is estimated to be rupees two thousand one hundred twelve billion nine hundred ten million forty four thousand for the service of the period beginning on January 1, 2017
and ending on December 31, 2017 (in this Act referred to as the “financial year 2017”), shall be met –
from payments which are hereby authorized to be made out of the Consolidated Fund or any other fund or moneys of or at the disposal of the
Government; and
from borrowing made in the financial year 2017
which are hereby authorized in terms of relevant laws for moneys to be raised whether in or outside
Sri Lanka, for and on behalf of the Government, provided that the balance outstanding of such borrowing at any given time during the financial year 2017 or at the end of the financial year 2017
shall not exceed rupees one thousand five hundred seventy nine billion one hundred ten million four hundred thirty six thousand and the details of such loans shall be incorporated in the Final Budget
Position Report which is required to be tabled in
Parliament under section 13 of the Fiscal
Management (Responsibility) Act, No. 3 of 2003.
The sum of rupees two thousand one hundred twelve billion nine hundred ten million forty four 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 authorizing the raising of loans for and on behalf of the
Government.
The estimated expenditure of the Government authorized by laws to be charged on the Consolidated Fund, will be rupees one thousand five hundred fifteen billion two hundred million three hundred ninety two thousand for the service of the period beginning on January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2017. The expenditure Heads and the laws under which such expenditure is authorized to be made, are as specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.