CAP. 2]
Public Finance
[1983 Ed.
The general revenue.
Charges on the general revenue,
(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 Ordinance" 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.
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CAP. 2]
Public Finance
[1983 Ed.
The general
revenue.
Charges on the general revenue,
(i) the Director of Accounting Services;
(ii) the Registrar General in his capacity as the Regis- trar General, the Land Officer, the Registrar of Compan- ies, 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 Appro- priation Ordinance" 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.
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