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PART M

COMMITTEES

60. (1) There shall be a committee of the Council to be called the Finance Committee, the members of which shall be the Chief Secretary, the Financial Secretary, one other Official Member, to be nominated by the President, and all the Unofficial Members.

(2) The Chief Secretary shall be the chairman of the committee and in the absence of the chairman the Financial Secretary shall act as chairman.

(2A) The functions of the Finance Committee shall be such as are conferred upon the Committee by the Public Finance Ordinance 1983, any other law and these Standing Orders, and such as may from time to time be referred to the Committee by the Council.

(3) The committee shall sit at the times and at the place determined by the chairman. Written notice of every sitting shall be given to the Members at least two clear days before the day of the sitting. The sittings shall be held in private unless the committee otherwise order or except as provided under paragraph (9) of this order.

(4) The chairman and eight Unofficial Members shall form a quorum. All matters before the committee shall be decided by a majority of the Members voting but no ex officio Member or Official Member shall have a vote.

(5) The clerk to the committee appointed under paragraph (7) of Standing Order No. 4 (Duties of the Clerk) shall attend the sittings of the committee. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the committee and shall distribute a copy thereof to each Member before the next sitting.

(6) Every proposal involving expenditure from public funds, of the nature described in paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 58 (Supplementary Estimates and Excess Financial Provisions) shall first be considered by the Finance Committee and thereafter every such proposal which has been approved by the committee shall be submitted to the Council for its consideration and approval in the manner provided in Standing Order No. 58 (Supplementary Estim- ates and Excess Financial Provisions).

(7) No proposal involving expenditure from public funds which has not been approved by the Finance Committee under paragraph (6) of this order shall be submitted to the Council for its consideration and approval, except on a substantive motion moved for that purpose by an ex officio Member or an Official Member.

(8) Nothing in paragraphs (6) and (7) shall limit or prejudice any action that may be taken under the provisions of the Public Finance Ordinance 1983.

Finance Committee. (Amended L.N. 314/76 L.N. 255/83)

(3 of 1983.)

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