Section 64, The Public Financial Management Act, 2016

(1) A payment voucher for making payments toexpenditures of a budgetary agency shall be certified by the vote controller of the budgetary agency or other public officer authorised by him. (2) The vote controller or other authorised public officer shall not certify a payment voucher under subsection (1), unless– (a) the underlying commitments of the payment voucher meet the requirements under section 59 or section 60; (b) if applicable, the certification in respect of the relevant work done, goods supplied, or services rendered has been provided under section 63; (c) information stated in the payment voucher is correct in light of the evidence of the relevant claim; and (d) the legality of a proposed payment has been verified in accordance with any enactment.