The Appropriation Act, 1998 [Margin: Short title.]

ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXXIX, No. 49 dated 1st September, 1998 SIGNED this 28th day of August, 1998 ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, President. (LS) No. 2 1998 Sierra Leone The Appropriation Act, 1998 [Margin: Short title.] Being an Act to provide for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year 1998. [17th February, 1998] [Margin: Date of Commencement.] WHEREAS it is necessary to make provision for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of sums of money to meet the expenditure to carry on the services of the Government: NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. 2 No. 2 Appropriation Act 1998 [Margin: Commencement.]

[Margin: Interpretation. Act No. 1 of 1992.]

For the purposes of this Act and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 of the Public Budgeting and Accounting Act, 1992, "fiscal year" means the period extending from the 17th day of February, 1998 to the 31st day of December, 1998. [Margin: Le162,420, 782,072.00 granted for 1998.]

The sum of one hundred and sixty-two billion, four hundred and twenty million, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, seventy-two leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the fiscal year and the same shall be applied and expended in the manner herein described and for the several services set forth in the Schedule. [Margin: Le162,420, 782,072.00 granted for 1998.]

The sum of one hundred and sixty-two billion, four hundred and twenty million, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, seventy-two leones referred to in section 3, shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Fund for the fiscal year and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin and commence on and immediately after the seventeenth day of February, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-eight. [Margin: Accountant-General's authority for payment.]

The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and required to pay out of the Consolidated Fund for the several services specified in the Schedule, such sums as may be specified in the Warrant or Order of the Minister of Finance, Development and Economic Planning issued from time to time up to the total sum of one hundred and sixty-two billion, four hundred and twenty million, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, seventy-two leones which shall come in course of payment during the fiscal year. [Margin: Excess of expenditure.]

The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of the expenditure authorised in section 5 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of one hundred and sixty-two billion, four hundred and twenty million, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, seventy-two leones from the seventeenth day of February, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-eight inclusive, and any balances remaining unissued at the end of December, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-eight shall lapse and not be available for making any payment in the following year. No. 2 Appropriation Act 1998

| Vote | Division | Vote Description | Total Sum Vot[illegible] Le | |---|---|---|---| | 101 | 00 | Charged Emoluments ... ... ... | 1,213,707,853.0[illegible] | | 105 | 00 | Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs | 30,330,939.0[illegible] | | 106 | 00 | Ministry of Presidential Affairs ... ... | 36,275,778.0[illegible] | | 107 | 00 | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Local Administration | 566,403,267.0[illegible] | | 107 | 002 | Supervision and Inspection of Local Governments | 11,235,005.0[illegible] | | 107 | 003 | Rural Development ... ... ... | 9,891,500.0[illegible] | | 107 | 01 | Local Government Grants ... ... | 85,500,000.0[illegible] | | 107 | 02 | Southern Province, Bo ... ... ... | 129,352,250.0[illegible] | | 107 | 03 | Eastern Province, Kenema ... ... | 80,329,737.0[illegible] | | 107 | 04 | Northern Province, Makeni ... ... | 117,749,555.0[illegible] | | 107 | 05 | National Registration Secretariat ... ... | 66,596,111.0[illegible] | | 108 | 00 | Ministry for Public Affairs ... ... | 20,000,000.0[illegible] | | 110 | 00 | Office of the President ... ... ... | 345,860,526.0[illegible] | | 110 | 01 | National Assets Commission ... ... | 12,558,350.0[illegible] | | 110 | 02 | National Policy Advisory Committee ... | 25,000,000.0[illegible] | | 110 | 05 | National Security Adviser's Office... ... | 40,000,000.0[illegible] | | 111 | 00 | Immigration Department ... ... | 104,893,170.0[illegible] | | 112 | 00 | Office of the Vice-President ... ... | 107,775,254.0[illegible] | | 116 | 00 | Parliament ... ... ... | 162,249,478.0[illegible] | | 117 | 00 | Cabinet Secretariat ... ... ... | 62,371,105.0[illegible] | | 118 | 00 | Supreme Court ... ... ... | 35,977,159.0[illegible] | | 119 | 00 | Court of Appeal ... ... ... | 43,956,011.0[illegible] | | 120 | 00 | High Court ... ... ... | 347,132,529.0[illegible] | | 121 | 00 | Auditor General's Department ... ... | 115,473,298.0[illegible] | | 121 | 01 | Provincial Audit ... ... ... | 15,583,685.0[illegible] | | 122 | 00 | Establishment Secretary's Office ... ... | 149,672,960.0[illegible] | | 123 | 00 | Public Service Commission ... ... | 26,982,692.[illegible] | | 124 | 00 | Law Officers' Department ... ... | 256,195,636.[illegible] | | 124 | 01 | Administrator and Registrar-General ... | 39,768,605.[illegible] | | 125 | 00 | Development and Economic Planning Division | 288,731,419.[illegible] | | 125 | 01 | Central Statistics Office... ... ... | 81,425,738.[illegible] | | 125 | 02 | National Authorising Office ... ... | 65,800,000.[illegible] | | 127 | 00 | Police ... ... ... | 3,406,047,876.[illegible] | | 128 | 00 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation ... ... ... | 277,042,157.[illegible] | 4 No. 2 Appropriation Act 1998

| Vote | Division | Vote Description | Total Sum Voted Le | |---|---|---|---| | 128 | 01 | High Commission, London ... ... | 301,620,504.00 | | 128 | 02 | U.N. Delegation ... ... ... | 395,162,001.00 | | 128 | 03 | High Commission, Lagos ... ... | 173,549,500.00 | | 128 | 04 | Embassy, Monrovia ... ... ... | 119,272,290.00 | | 128 | 05 | Embassy, Conakry ... ... ... | 205,925,000.00 | | 128 | 06 | Embassy, Washington ... ... ... | 310,775,500.00 | | 128 | 07 | Embassy, Moscow ... ... ... | 205,411,002.00 | | 128 | 08 | Embassy, Addis Ababa... ... ... | 243,103,500.00 | | 128 | 09 | Embassy, Peking ... ... ... | 255,080,880.00 | | 128 | 10 | High Commission, Banjul ... ... | 111,649,540.00 | | 128 | 11 | Embassy, Brussels ... ... ... | 235,177,000.00 | | 128 | 12 | Embassy, Saudi Arabia... ... ... | 225,363,773.00 | | 128 | 13 | Embassy, Bonn ... ... ... | 259,732,950.00 | | 128 | 14 | Embassy, Iran ... ... ... | 161,836,000.00 | | 129 | 00 | Ministry of Finance, Development and Economic Planning ... ... ... | 416,135,132.00 | | 129 | 04 | Subscription to International Financial Institutions | 613,000,000.00 | | 130 | 00 | Customs and Excise Department ... ... | 437,703,860.00 | | 131 | 00 | Income Tax Department ... ... | 260,875,601.00 | | 132 | 00 | Accountant General's Department... ... | 222,648,977.00 | | 133 | 00 | Ministry of Information, Communication, Tourism and Culture ... ... ... | 137,803,836.00 | | 133 | 01 | Mass Media Services ... ... ... | 153,503,962.00 | | 133 | 02 | Government Printing Department ... ... | 291,638,126.00 | | 134 | 00 | Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone ... | 104,737,827.00 | | 137 | 00 | National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights ... ... ... | 19,883,507.00 | | 201 | 00 | Ministry of Defence ... ... ... | 258,580,396.00 | | 201 | 01 | National Fire Force ... ... ... | 64,000,000.00 | | 202 | 00 | Military ... ... ... | 1,440,800,000.00 | | 301 | 00 | Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports ... | 5,358,277,138.00 | | 301 | 01 | Planning and Development Services ... | 36,398,774.00 | | 301 | 02 | Pre-primary and Primary Education ... | 4,155,555,753.00 | | 301 | 03 | Secondary Education ... ... ... | 2,475,689,856.00 | | 301 | 04 | Tertiary and Teachers Education ... ... | 2,714,608,004.00 | No. 2 Appropriation Act 1998 5

| Vote | Division | Vote Description | Total Sum Voted Le | |---|---|---|---| | | | o/w Educational Grants... ... ... | 922,421,807.00 | | 301 | 05 | Technical/Vocational Education ... ... | 34,315,533.00 | | 301 | 06 | Physical and Health Education ... ... | | | 301 | 07 | Development and Implementation of Youth and Sports Programme ... ... ... | 52,000,000.00 | | 302 | 00 | Youth and Sports Division ... ... | 108,306,585.00 | | 303 | 00 | Culture Division ... ... ... | 43,556,797.00 | | 304 | 00 | Ministry of Health and Sanitation ... ... | 10,937,406,036.00 | | 305 | 00 | Social Services Division ... ... | 228,050,115.00 | | 305 | 01 | Prisons Department ... ... ... | 1,310,657,772.00 | | 306 | 00 | Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning ... ... ... | 368,798,567.00 | | 307 | 00 | Gender and Children's Affairs Division ... | 585,333,463.00 | | 308 | 00 | Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Reconstruction Division ... ... ... | 2,454,005,993.0[illegible] | | 340 | 00 | Socially Oriented Projects ... ... | 500,000,000.0[illegible] | | 347 | 00 | Pensions, Retiring Allowances and Gratuities | 1,645,480,919.0[illegible] | | 401 | 00 | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment ... ... ... | 373,504,233.0[illegible] | | 401 | 01 | Agricultural Division ... ... ... | 5,808,596,796.0[illegible] | | 401 | 02 | Forestry Conservation Division ... ... | 161,672,739.0[illegible] | | 401 | 03 | Veterinary Services Division ... ... | 139,339,301.0[illegible] | | 401 | 04 | Land and Water Development Division ... | 69,746,352.0[illegible] | | 401 | 05 | Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring and Statistics Division ... ... ... | 67,674,710.0[illegible] | | 401 | 06 | Environment Division ... ... ... | 20,000,000.0[illegible] | | 402 | 00 | Ministry of Fisheries ... ... ... | 883,178,625.[illegible] | | 403 | 00 | Ministry of Mineral Resources ... ... | 73,289,348.[illegible] | | 403 | 01 | Mines Division ... ... ... | 79,422,757.[illegible] | | 403 | 02 | Geological Surveys ... ... ... | 100,609,142.[illegible] | | 404 | 00 | Transport Division ... ... ... | 247,794,320.[illegible] | | 404 | 01 | Civil Aviation Department ...