(b)
(2)
(3)
where the issue of that money has been authorised
by an Appropriation Act, a supplementary
Appropriation Act or in accordance with subsection
(4) of this section.
No money shall be withdrawn from any other public fund
of The Gambia unless the issue of that money has been
authorised by law.
No money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund
or any other public fund of The Gambia (including a
withdrawal under subsection (4)) unless the withdrawal has
been approved by the Auditor-General or a member of the
National Audit Office designated by him or her for the
purpose and it is made in the manner prescribed by an Act
of the National Assembly.
(4)
If the appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has
not been passed into law by the beginning of that financial
year, the President may authorise the withdrawal of money
from the Consolidated Fund for the purposes of meeting
expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the
Government for a period not exceeding four months from
the beginning of the financial year.
(5)
The withdrawal of funds in accordance with subsection (4)
shall not exceed one third of the sums authorised for the
relevant services by the Appropriation Act for the
immediately preceding financial year.
(6)
Where money is charged on the Consolidated Fund or any
other public fund by law, it shall be paid out of that fund to
the person or authority to whom it is due.
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And appropriation
6 of 2001
(1)
The President shall cause the Secretary of State responsible
for finance to prepare and lay before the National
Assembly at least thirty days before the end of the financial
year, estimates of the revenue and expenditure of The
Gambia for the following financial year. The estimates
shall include any estimates which, under this Constitution,
are to be submitted directly to the President by the Chief
Justice or any other authority for presentation by the
President to the National Assembly.
6 of 2001
(1A)
The National Assembly shall, within fourteen days of the
estimates being laid before it, give consideration to and
approve the estimates.
Subsection (2) (Deleted by No. 6 of 2001)