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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
MAY 17, 1946
children or dependants of such persons, shall be governed by the written law under which they were granted, or, if granted after that date, by the written law in force on that date, or, in either case, by any written law made thereafter which is not less favourable.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 63 of this Order all pensions, gratuities and other like allowances which may be granted to persons who, on the date on which this Part of this Order comes into operation, are in the service of the Crown in respect of the Government of the Island, or to the widows, children or dependants of such persons, shall be governed by the written law in force on that date or by any written law made thereafter which is not less favourable.
65. All pensions and gratuities granted in accordance with the provisions of this Order shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
PART VIII.
FINANCE.
66.-(1) The funds of the Island not allocated by law to specific purposes shall form one Consolidated Fund into which shall be paid the produce of all taxes, imposts, rates and duties and all other revenues of the Island not allocated to specific purposes.
(2) The interest on the public debt, sinking fund payments, the costs, charges and expenses incidental to the collection, manage- ment and receipt of the Consolidated Fund and such other expen- diture as Parliament may determine shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
67.-(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in subsection (3) of this Section, no sum shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund except under the authority of a warrant under the hand of the Governor addressed to the Ministry of Finance.
(2) No such warrant shall be issued unless the sum has by resolution of the House of Representatives or by any law been granted for specified public services for the financial year during which the withdrawal is to take place or is otherwise lawfully charged on the Consolidated Fund.
(3) Where the Governor dissolves Parliament before the Appro- priation Bill for the financial year has received the Royal Assent, he may, unless Parliament shall have already made provision, authorise the issue from the Consolidated Fund and the expenditure of such sums as he may consider necessary for the public services until the expiry of a period of three months from the date on which the new House of Representatives is summoned to meet.
Pensions, &c., charged on the Consolidated Fund.
The
Consolidated Fund.
Withdrawal of sums from the Consolidated Fund.
Fund.
68.--(1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 66 of Contingencies this Order, Parliament may by law create a Contingencies Fund for the purpose of providing for urgent and unforeseen expenditure.
(2) The Minister of Finance, if satisfied
(a) that there is need for any such expenditure, and (b) that no provision for such expenditure exists,
may, with the consent of the Prime Minister, authorise provision to be made therefor by an advance from the Contingencies Fund.
(3) As soon as possible after every such advance, a Supplementary Estimate shall be presented to Parliament for the purpose of replacing the amount so advanced.