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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shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund except to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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