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Part V · Adjustments to the Annual Budget During the Year

25. Annual budget reserve

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

(1)

The Appropriation Act may include an appropriation for contingencies which shall be called and known as the annual budget reserve for the financial year.

(2)

The amount appropriated for the annual budget reserve shall not exceed two per centum of the proposed estimate of primary expenditure.

(3)

The funds in the annual budget reserve may be allocated to cover urgent, unforeseen and unavoidable requirements as defined in written laws and the expenditure where existing allocations are insufficient.

(4)

Any allocation from the annual budget reserve shall be approved in accordance with the provisions of the

Appropriation Act and shall be reported to Parliament within two months.

Part VI

Budget Execution

Part VII

Financial Management

Part VIII

Statutory Funds

Part IX

Public Investment Management

Part X

Government Borrowings and Guarantees

Part XI

Accounting and Reporting

Part XII

State Owned Enterprises

Part XIII

Provincial Councils and Local Authorities

Part XIV

Cadre Management

Part XV

Offences and Penalties

Part XVI

Miscellaneous Provisions

Part XVII

Repeals

Part XVIII

Interpretation