Appropriation Act 2017 · As enacted
Section 4
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
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 2018
Whenever at any time during the financial year 2018, the receipts of the Government from any activity specified in Column I of the Third 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.