FINANCE
The Consolidated Revenue Fund
99. All revenues or other moneys raised or received by Belize
(not being revenues or other moneys payable under any law into
some other public fund established for a specific purpose) shall
be paid into and form one Consolidated Revenue Fund.
No moneys
shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund except to
meet expenditure charged upon the Fund by the Constitution or
by an Act of the National Assembly, or where the issue of those
moneys has been authorised by an appropriate law.
100. The Minister responsible for Finance shall lay before the
House of Representatives in each financial year estimates of
the revenues and expenditure of Belize for the next financial
year. If in any financial year the amount appropriated for any
purpose is insufficient, or a need arises for expenditure for
a purpose for which no amount of money was appropriated, or
moneys have been spent in excess of that appropriated, a
supplementary estimate showing the sums required or spent shall
be laid before the House of Representatives.
101. The National Assembly may make provision to allow the
Minister responsible for Finance to authorise expenditure
necessary to carry on the services of Government for a specified
period. The National Assembly may also provide for the
establishment of a Contingencies Fund and authorise the Minister
responsible for Finance to make advances from this Fund to meet
any urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure for which no
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