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Article 52.-In order to meet special requirements there may be included in the estimates appropriations extending over a certain number of years as a Continuing Expenditure Fund.

Article 53-In order to supply deficiencies in the estimates, or to meet requirements unprovided for in the same, a Reserve Fund shall be provided for in the estimates.

Article 54. Estimates for the objects of expenditure specified below shall not be rejected or reduced, except with the concurrence of the

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(1) Those appertaining to the legal obligations of the State.

(2) Such necessary expenditures as may have arisen from the provisions of statute.

(3) Expenditures necessary to carry out treaties.

(4) Expenditures necessary for the organization of the Army and Navy.

Article 55.-In case of international warfare or internal disturbance, or in extraordinary circumstances, when the Legislature cannot be convoked, the President, with the concurrence of the Council of State, may make urgent financial appropriations. But he shall request the Legislature to ratify the same at the beginning of its next session.

Article 56-If the new estimates have not been acted upon the appropriations of the previous year shall continue in force. The same procedure shall be observed should the adoption of the estimates be delayed after the fiscal year has already begun.

Article 57.-The final accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the state shall be audited every year by the Board of Audit, and shall be reported by the President to the Legislature for approval.

Article 58.-The organization of the Board of Audit shall be determined by the Constitutional Compact Conference.

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CHAPTER 9. THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING THE

CONSTITUTION.

Article 59,-The Constitution of the Chung Hua Min Kuo shall be drafted by the Constitution Drafting Committee.

This Committee shall be composed of persons not exceeding ten in number elected by the Council of State.

Article 60.-The Draft of the Constitution of the Chung Hua Min Kuo shall be examined and passed by the Council of State.

Article 61-After the Constitution of the Chung Hua Min Kuo has been examined and passed by the Council of State it shall be submitted by the President to the National Convention for final adoption.

The organization of the National Convention shall be determined by the Constitutional Compact Conference.

Article 62.-The National Convention shall be convoked and dissolved by the President.

Article 68.-The Constitution of the Chung Hua Min Kuo shall be promulgated by the President.

CHAPTER 10.-SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES.

Article 64-Until the Constitution of the Chung Hua Min Kuo comes into force the Constitutional Compact shall have the same force as the Constitution.

Laws and ordinances in force before the going into effect of the Consti- tutional Compact, so far as they do not come into conflict with the same, shall continue to be valid.

Article 65.-The Articles proclaimed on the twelfth day of the second month of the first year of the Min Kuo, regarding the favourable treatment of the Ta Ching Emperor after his abdication of the Throne, and the special treatment of the Ching Imperial Clan, as well as the special treatment of the Manchus, Mongols, Mohamedans and Thibetans shall never be modified.

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