Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19] as amended as at 28 October 2016
(b) the actual expenditure for each vote, distinguishing between capital and recurrent
expenditure for that period.
(2) The Accountant-General may determine—
(a) the format of the statement of revenue and expenditure and the annual report; and
(b) any other details that the financial statement may contain.
37 Financial statements and budgets to comply with generally accepted
accounting practice
The financial statements required to be prepared in terms of this Act shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.
38 Publishing of reports on financial statements
(1) Within thirty days after the end of each month, the Treasury shall publish in the Gazette
a statement of actual revenue and expenditure with regard to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(2) After the end of a prescribed period, but at least quarterly, every Ministry shall submit to
the Treasury a statement of revenue and expenditure with regard to the Consolidated Revenue
Fund, for publication in the Gazette within thirty days after the end of each prescribed period.
(3) The statement shall specify the following amounts and compare those amounts in each
instance with the corresponding budgeted amounts for the relevant financial year—
(a) the actual revenue for the relevant period, and for the financial year up to the end of
that period; and
(b) the actual expenditure for each vote, distinguishing between capital and recurrent
expenditure, for the relevant period, and for the financial year up to the end of that
period; and
(c) actual borrowing for the relevant period, and for the financial year up to the end of that
period.
(4) The Treasury may determine—
(a) the format of the statement of revenue and expenditure and the annual report; and
(b) any other details the statement may contain.
PART V
PUBLIC ENTITIES
39 Application of Part V
Subject to section 40, this Part shall apply to public entities specified in—
(a) paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “public entity” in section 2 that are designated
by the Minister by notice in a statutory instrument for the purpose of this Act; and
(b) paragraph (c) and (d) of the definition of “public entity” in section 2 that are specified
by the Minister by notice in a statutory instrument for the purpose of this Act:
Provided that every corporate body referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “public
entity” in section 2, and every company referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition, which
existed immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be a
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