Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC

1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution
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(5) The investment of moneys forming part of the Consolidated Fund shall be made in such manner
as may be prescribed by or under a law enacted by the Legislature.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (1), provisions may be made by or under a law enacted by the
Legislature authorising withdrawals to be made from the Consolidated Fund, in such circumstances
and to such extent as may be prescribed by or under a law enacted by the Legislature, for the purpose
of making repayable advances.
Authorisation of expenditure from Consolidated Fund by the appropriation law.
71.--(1) The member of the Administration for the time being responsible for finance shall cause to
be prepared and laid before the Assembly before, or not later than sixty days after, the
commencement of each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the
Administration for that financial year. (2) When the estimates of expenditure (other than expenditure
charged upon the Consolidated Fund by any law enacted by the Legislature) have been approved by
the Assembly, a bill, known as an appropriation bill, shall be introduced in the Assembly providing
for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of the sums necessary to meet that expenditure and the
appropriation of those sums, under separate votes for the several services required, to the purposes
specified therein.
(3) If in respect of any financial year it is found-
(a) that the amount appropriated by the appropriation law, to any purpose is insufficient or that a
need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose to which no amount has been appropriated by that law;
or
(b) that any moneys have been expended for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated to
that purpose by the appropriation law or for a purpose to which no amount has been appropriated by
that law,
a supplementary estimate showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the Assembly and,
when the supplementary estimate has been approved by the Assembly, a supplementary
appropriation bill shall be introduced in the Assembly providing for the issue of such sums from the
Consolidated Fund and appropriating them to the purposes specified therein.
Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation.
72. There shall be such provision as may be made by the Legislature under which, if the
appropriation law in respect of any financial year has not come into operation by the beginning of
that financial year, the member of the Administration for the time being responsible for finance may
authorize the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Fund for the purpose of meeting
expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Administration until the expiration of four
months from the beginning of that financial year or the coming into operation of the law, whichever
is the earlier.
Warrants for unforeseen expenditure.
73.--(1) If it appears to the member of the Administration for the time being responsible for finance
that-
(a) there is an urgent need to incur expenditure;
(b) no provision exists for that expenditure in any appropriation law or other law; and
(c) it would not be in the public interest to delay the authorization of that expenditure until such time
as a supplementary estimate can be laid before the Assembly,
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