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Ord. No. 3/83
The general
revenue.
Charges on the general revenue.
PUBLIC FINANCE
(i) the Director of Accounting Services;
(ii) the Registrar General in his capacity as the Registrar General, the Land Officer, the Registrar of Companies, the Registrar of Trade Marks, the Registrar of Patents, the Official Receiver, the Official Solicitor or the Official Trustee; or
(iii) the Registrar of the Supreme Court in his capacity as the Registrar, the Official Administrator or the Master in Lunacy; and
(c) any other moneys which the Governor may declare in writing to be public
moneys for the purposes of this Ordinance;
"subhead” means a subhead of expenditure;
"Supplementary Appropriation Bill" and "Supplementary Appropriation Ordin- ance" means a Bill or Ordinance, as the case may be, which provides for appropriation from the general revenue in supplementation of the appropriation already made by an Appropriation Ordinance.
3. (1) Except where otherwise provided by or under this Ordinance or any other enactment any moneys raised or received for the purposes of the Government shall form part of the general revenue.
(2) Where a refund or drawback of such moneys is made in the financial year in which they are collected, the moneys required for the refund or drawback shall thereupon cease to form part of the general revenue.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the reference in subsection (1) to moneys raised or received for the purposes of the Government does not include moneys held on trust.
4.
No expenditure shall be charged on the general revenue except as provided by or under this Ordinance or any other enactment.
Annual estimates.
PART II
THE ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, AND APPROPRIATION
5. (1) The Financial Secretary shall cause to be prepared in each financial year estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Government for the next following financial year, and shall cause such estimates to be laid before the Legislative Council before or as soon as practicable after the commencement of the financial year to which they relate.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the estimates of revenue and expenditure shall be in such form as the Financial Secretary may from time to time direct.
(3) The estimates of expenditure shall-
(a) classify expenditure under heads and subheads with the ambit of each head
described;
(b) in respect of each head show the estimated total expenditure, the provision. sought in respect of each subhead, the establishment of posts (if any), and the limit (if any) to the commitments which may be entered into in respect of expenditure which is not annually recurrent; and
(c) specify the controlling officer designated in respect of each head and
subhead under section 12.
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