the draft constitution of the commonwealth of grenada

Statutory
expenditure
Warrant issued by
Minster
The public debt and
interest etc. charged
on Consolidated Fund
Payment of salaries
of officers
124. Any part of an estimate of expenditure (including a
supplementary estimate of expenditure) laid before the National
Assembly under the provisions of this Chapter, being a part that
shows statutory expenditure, shall not be voted on by the House;
but the expenditure to which that part relates shall, without
Parliament’s further authority, be paid out of the Consolidated
Fund.
125. A sum shall not be paid out of the Consolidated
Fund except upon authority of a warrant under the hand of the
Minister or a person authorised by him or her in writing; and any
sum so paid out shall
(a) be applied to meeting expenditure authorised
by section 100(1); or
(b) in the case of statutory expenditure, be used
for the purposes appointed by the relevant
law.
126. The public debt of the Commonwealth of Grenada,
as well as
(a) the interest on that debt;
(b) sinking fund payments and redemption
moneys in respect of that debt; and
(c) the costs, charges and expenses incidental to
the management of that debt, and any other
public funds established by or under this
Constitution shall be a charge on the
Consolidated Fund.
127.(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices to
which this section applies such salaries as may be prescribed by
Parliament.
(2) The salaries payable to the holders of the offices to
which this section applies are charged on the Consolidated Fund.
(3) The salary and allowances payable to, and the other
terms of service of, a person holding an office to which this section
applies shall not be altered to his or her disadvantage after his or
her appointment; and, for the purposes of this subsection, in so far
as the terms of service of a person depend upon the option of that
person, the terms for which he or she opts are to be taken to be
more advantageous to him than any other terms for which he might
have opted.
(4) This section applies to the following offices:
(a) the President;
(b) a Judge;
(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(d) the Director of Audit;
(e) a member of the Electoral and Boundaries
Commission;
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