Amendment of section 17.
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(i) in paragraph (c), by deleting "revenue and expenditure" and substituting the following-
"receipts and payments"; and
(iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting after "account" the following-
or a fixed deposit account"; and
(b) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection-
*{5) Nothing in paragraph (a) or (ne) of subsectina (4) shall affect the authority of the Council to delegate its powers in by-laws made in accordance with section 37.
3. Section 37 of the principal Ordinance as amended by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and Substituting the following—
*42) Subject to subsections (1) and (3), the Council may make by-laws for the regulation and control of its finances, including pre- visions as to the followipe--
(a) limitations on expenditure by any committee or person to whom the Courcį) may delegate powers to authorize expenditure:
(6) the establishment of reserves for particular purpose and. the procedure to be adopted by The Council in making transfers thereto ar therefrom; and
(c) the establishment of a tender board for the procurement of such goods and services as may be determined by the Council.
(1) By-laws made under subsection (2) may contain delegations of the powers mentioned in paragraphs (0) and (wa) of section 36(4) bul not in eacces of the following-
(a) a delegation to the standing committee of the Council's powers— () to revise from time to time in any way that part of the estimates of expenditure referred to in section 39(1) which relates to capital works;
(i) to revise from time to time, by adding any sub-head or item, any part of the estimates of expenditure or of the list of works referred to in section 39(1)
(iii) to revise any part of the said estimates of expenditure or list of works by authorizing expenditure in respect of any sub- bead or item in excess of the amoyol provided therefor (whether originally or as a result of a revision thereof);
(b) a delegation to any member of the Council or to any committee, other than the standing committes, or to any member of any committed or any public officer of the Council's powers-
() to revise from time to time that part of the said estimates which relate to capital works by increasing or reducing the amount of the estimated total cost of any capital work or the amount of the expenditure therean during the year to which the estimates relate;
(ii) to revise any part of the suid estimates of expenditure or list of works by authorizing expenditure in respect of any sub- head or item in excess of the amount provided therefor in the said estimates or list of works (whether originally or as a result of a revision thereof),
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but limited, where sub-paragraph (1) applies, to an increase or reduction of the amount of the estimated total cost of any capital work by not more than 30 per cent of the amount originally provided, and, where sub-paragraph (ii) applies, to excess expendi- lure of not more than $15000 where the amount originally provided for a sub-head of item is less than 350000 and of not more than 30 per cent of the amount originally provided for a sub-bead or item in any other case;
(c) a delegation to any member of the Council or to any committee or any member of any committed or any public officer of the Council's powers to transfer amounts appearing in a head or sub-head of the said estimates (whether originally or as a result of a revision thereof) to another head or sub-head thereof,
(4) Every delegation referred to in subsection (3) shall be made in terms which require the person or committee within the period specified in the by-laws to lay before the Council particulars of the exercise of the delegated powers.",
Section 38 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Axendunt of "revenue and expenditure" and substituting the following-
section 3.
"receipts and payments".
Section 39 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of subsection (4) and renumbering the subsection immediately preceding it **to* 39. as subsection (4).
6. (1) The principal Ordinanco is amended by adding. After soc- Addition of new tion 39, the following section
keption 34A ATM uran Lakona “Council BuŢ
Po Veriut. revise eudicum (199. and list of
works.
39A. (1) The Council may from time to time revise the estimates and list of works furnished by it under section 39(1).
(2) The Council shall, in respect of each period of 3 months commencing on the 1st days of January, April, July and October in each year, prepare and furnish to the Governor details of any estimates or list of works revised under subsection (1) during that period; and in so doing shall comply with such of the requirements of subsections (2) and (4) of section 39 as are applicable.
(3) The details mentioned in subsection (2) shall be furnished to the Governor withio a period of 2 months after the expiration of the quarter to which they relate or within such further period as the Governor may allow.".
(2) The obligation imposed on the Council by subsections (2) and (3) of section 39A (as inserted by subsection (1) of this section) shall com- mence with the details of estimates and the list of worka ravised during the quarter beginning on 1 July 1979.
7. Section 40 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsections Amendment of (1X) and (X&Xil) by deleting "revenue and expenditure" and substituting a 44. the following-
"receipts and payments".
* The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 41, Addlion of new the following Bection-
He fur cofficial signatures etc.
41A. (1) The Council may make by-laws prescribing fees. for a public officer's attending to the matters men- tioned in subsection (2), to be paid to the Council in cases where-
seidonů 41A and 北段