G. Remittances and Imprests
242. All payments due by a Government to public departments or other creditors in the United Kingdom, and unless otherwise authorised, all payments due to other Governments, shall be made through the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations.
243. The Crown Agents shall be kept continuously in funds by the Account- ant General whose duty it is to watch the account of the Territory with the Crown Agents, to be prepared to meet their current requirements and to notify them in good time if local circumstances make it necessary to arrange for temporary accommodation in aid of the Government's account with them.
244. If it is necessary for any officer other than a sub-accountant to have at his disposal, for disbursement on the public service, money for which vouchers cannot conveniently be presented direct to the Accountant General or a sub-accountant for payment, he will receive an imprest.
245. The Accountant General is responsible that no imprest is made without the Governor's sanction conveyed by Imprest Warrant and he is also res- ponsible that all imprests are duly accounted for in accordance with the terms of the relative warrant. The warrant may be either a general Imprest Warrant authorising the Accountant General to make imprests as necessary for any duly authorised service or it may be a warrant for a specific imprest.
H. Custody of Public Money
246. Subject to any instructions from the Secretary of State the Governor shall, whenever possible, employ one or more of the banks in the Territory for the custody of the public money retained in the Territory.
247. Strong rooms or safes shall be provided for the custody of public money in all offices where it is necessary to keep public money overnight. Strong rooms shall be fitted with two or more different locks, the keys of which shall be held by different officers.
248. Officers authorised to operate on Government bank accounts or use strong rooms will keep in their immediate charge only such sums of money as may be necessary to meet current cash requirements.
249. All cash received by public officers shall be deposited as soon as pos- sible in the safe or strong room provided for the purpose, or paid into a bank. The officer concerned will be held personally responsible for any loss arising from negligence in this respect. No officer shall keep or allow to be kept in any Government safe or strong room under his charge any money except public money or such as by virtue of his office he is bound to receive and account for; nor may private money be included in any Government banking account.
250. Government banking accounts shall not be overdrawn, nor any tempor- ary advance obtained from the bank, without the special sanction of the Governor.
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