Section 23, The Finance Act, 2022

Section 13 of the Public Financial Management Act 2016 isamended by inserting the following new sub-section (6) immediately after subsection (5) "(6) Notwithstanding this Act or any other law where the vote controller or other responsible person of a– (a) budgetary agency ; (b) sub-vented agency; (c) other entity in the central government (d) local council; (e) social security fund ; or (f) public enterprise fails to implement or respond to the internal and external audit recommendations within thirty working days from the effective date of the publication or issuance of the report, his remuneration, fees and allowances shall be withheld subject to the authorization of the minister until the vote controller, or other responsible person, implements the internal and external audit recommendations".