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(a) the Act must not allow the withdrawal of money in excess of one and one-half per cent
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(b) any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in additional or supplementary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(b) any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in an Appropriation Act for the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after the dissolution, but any money withdrawn under the Act must be included in an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.
17.10 Unauthorised expenditure
(1) If it is found that more money has been expended on a purpose than was appropriated to
it in terms of this Part, or that money has been expended on a purpose for which no money was
appropriated under this Part, the Minister responsible for finance must introduce a Bill into the
National Assembly seeking condonation of the unauthorised expenditure.
(2) The Bill referred to in subsection (1) must be introduced into the National Assembly
without delay and in any event no later than sixty days after the extent of the unauthorised
expenditure has been established.
PART 4
SAFEGUARDING OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND PROPERTY
17.11 Duties of custodians of public funds and property
(1) In this section—
―public funds‖ includes any money owned or held by the State or any institution or agency
of the government, including provincial and local tiers of government, statutory bodies
and government-controlled entities;
―public property‖ means any property owned or held by the State or any institution or
agency of the government, including provincial and local tiers of government, statutory
bodies and government-controlled entities.
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