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Part 16: State Financial Procedures

Article 209: Supplementary estimates

209. Supplementary estimates: (1) The State Minister for Finance may lay before the State Assembly a supplementary estimate if it is found in any financial year,-

(a) that the sum authorized to be spent for a particular service by the State Appropriation Act for the current financial year is insufficient, or that a need has arisen for expenditures upon some new service not provided for in the State Appropriation Act for that year, or

(b) that the expenditures made during that financial year are in excess of the amount authorized by the State Appropriation Act.

(2) The sums included in the supplementary estimates shall be specified under the heads in a Supplementary Appropriation Bill.

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