(b) appropriate the money to the purposes specified in the estimates, under separate votes for the different heads of expenditure that have been approved. (2) An Appropriation Bill covering the issue and appropriation of money to approved expenditure must be considered and passed by Parliament without delay. 231 Additional or supplementary appropriations (1) If the money appropriated to a purpose is not sufficient, or expenditure is necessary on a purpose to which no money has been appropriated, an additional or supplementary estimate must be laid before the National Assembly before the end of the financial year for which the money was appropriated or in which the expenditure is to be incurred, as the case may be. (2) If the National Assembly approves additional or supplementary estimates, an additional or supplementary Appropriation Bill must be introduced into the Assembly, providing for the necessary money to be issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet the expenditure concerned and appropriating the money to the purposes specified in the estimates, under separate votes for the different heads of expenditure that have been approved. (3) An additional or supplementary Appropriation Bill covering the issue and appropriation of money to approved expenditure must be considered and passed by Parliament without delay. 232 Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation (1) An Act of Parliament may allow the President to authorise the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet expenditure which was unforeseen or whose extent was unforeseen and for which no provision has been made under any other law, but– (a) the Act must not allow the withdrawal of money in excess of one and one-half per centum of the total amount appropriated in the last main Appropriation Act; (b) any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in additional or supplementary estimates of expenditure laid without delay before the National Assembly and, if the Assembly approves the estimates, the money must be charged upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund by an additional or supplementary Appropriation Act. (2) If the Appropriation Act for a financial year has not come into operation by the beginning of that financial year, an Act of Parliament may allow the President to authorise the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government for the first four months of the financial year, but– (a) the Act must not allow the withdrawal of money in excess of one-third of the amounts included in the estimates of expenditure for the previous financial year; (b) any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in an Appropriation Act for the financial year concerned, under separate votes for the different heads of expenditure, (3) If Parliament is dissolved before adequate financial provision has been made for carrying on the services of the Government, an Act of Parliament may allow the President to authorise the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet expenditure needed to carry on those services until three months after the National Assembly first meets after the dissolution, but any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in an Appropriation Act under separate votes for the different heads of expenditure. - 84 -

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