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Part V · Adjustments to the Annual Budget During the Year

26. Supplementary Estimates

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

(1)

A supplementary estimate proposal shall be submitted to the Parliament for approval in the manner as may be prescribed upon the occurrence of the following conditions: -

(a)

unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances such as major economic downturn, severe external shocks, natural disaster, emergence of major contingent liabilities or any such other eventuality in the opinion of the Cabinet of Ministers;

(b)

it becomes necessary for a budgetary entity to incur additional expenditure during a year that is not covered by the Head of Expenditure in the

Appropriation Act approved by the Parliament; and

(c)

it is not possible for such expenditure to be provided through –

(i)

a virement procedure as provided for in section 24;

(ii)

the Contingencies Fund established under

Article 151 of the Constitution; or

(iii)

an allocation from the annual budget reserve as provided for in section 25.

(2)

The supplementary estimate proposal under subsection (1) shall include -

(a)

an overview of the recent macroeconomic and fiscal developments;

(b)

an updated forecasts of revenues and expenditures of the annual budget;

(c)

an explanation of the changes to appropriations for individual Heads of Expenditure; and

(d)

the source of additional financing and any other information as may be prescribed.

(3)

The request for additional expenditure under subsection (1) shall be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers prior to submitting it to Parliament.

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