(2) No monies shall be withdrawn from any public fund of Uganda
other than the Consolidated Fund, unless the issue of those monies has been
authorised by law.
(3) No monies shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund unless
the withdrawal has been approved by the Auditor General and in the manner
prescribed by Parliament.
(4) If the President is satisfied that the Appropriation Act in respect
of any financial year will not or has not come into operation by the beginning
of that financial year, the President may, subject to the provisions of this
article, authorise the issue of monies from the Consolidated Fund Account for
the purposes of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the
Government until the expiration of four months from the beginning of that
financial year or the coming into operation of the Appropriation Act,
whichever is the earlier.
(5) Any sum issued in any financial year from the Consolidated Fund
Account under clause (4) of this article in respect of any service of the
Government—
(a) shall not exceed the amount shown as required on account in
respect of that service in the vote on account approved by
Parliament by resolution for that financial year; and
(b) shall be set off against the amount provided in respect of that
service in the Appropriation Act for that financial year when that
law comes into operation.
155. Financial year estimates.
(1) The President shall cause to be prepared and laid before
Parliament in each financial year, but in any case not later than the fifteenth
day before the commencement of the financial year, estimates of revenues
and expenditure of Government for the next financial year.
(2) The head of any self-accounting department, commission or
organisation set up under this Constitution shall cause to be submitted to the
President at least two months before the end of each financial year estimates
of administrative and development expenditure and estimates of revenues of
the respective department, commission or organisation for the following year.