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Part I · Establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office and Its Role

3. Objectives of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

The objectives of the Parliamentary Budget Office shall be to assist -

(a)

Parliament in the performance of its public finance responsibilities under the Constitution; and

(b)

any recognised political party or any independent group, through the provision of independent, non-partisan analyses related to the budget, the medium-term economic and fiscal outlook, and the cost implications from a financial, revenue and expenditure perspective of policy proposals as provided for in this Act.

Part II

Part III

Operation of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Part IV

Independence and Accountability of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Part V

Provisions to Facilitate Scrutiny and Transparency

Part VI

Procedure to Obtain Assistance of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Part VII

Finance

Part VIII

General