Appropriation Act 2002 · 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 and 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, 2003
Whenever, at any time during the financial year, 2003, 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.