**The 1975/76 Appropriation Act, 1975** [Margin: Short title.]

A 21 SIGNED this *22nd* day of *July, 1975.* SIAKA STEVENS, *President.* (LS) No. 5 [Coat of Arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] 1975 Sierra Leone **The 1975/76 Appropriation Act, 1975** [Margin: Short title.] **Being an Act to provide for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year 1975/76** *(1st July, 1975)* [Margin: Date of commencement.] WHEREAS it is necessary to make provision for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year 1975/76: BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:— [Margin: Commencement.] **1.** This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1975. A 22 No. 5 *1975/76 Appropriation* 1975 [Margin: Le77,277,889 granted for 1975/76.] **2.** The sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two Hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year nineteen hundred and seventy-five/seventy-six and the same shall be applied and expended in the manner herein described and for the several services set forth in the First and Second Schedules. [Margin: Le77,277,889 charged on the Revenue] **3.** The said sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the year nineteen hundred and seventy-five/seventy-six and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin and commence on and immediately after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

[Margin: Accountant-General's Authority for payment.] **4.** The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and required from time to time upon the Warrant or Order of the Minister of Finance, to pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the several services specified in the First and Second Schedules the sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-six. [Margin: Excess of Expenditure.] **5.** The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of the expenditure authorised in section 2 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventy-five inclusive and any balances remaining unissued at the end of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-six shall lapse and not be available for making payments in the following year. No. 5 *1975/76 Appropriation* 1975 A 23 FIRST SCHEDULE

| *No. of Item* | *Head of Expenditure* | *Sum voted Le* | |---|---|---| | 30000 | President's Office | 324,746 | | 30001 | Immigration | 93,017 | | 30002 | Cabinet Secretariat | 44,953 | | 30003 | Establishment Secretary's Office | 525,836 | | 30004 | Civil Service Training College | 73,800 | | 30005 | High Court | 492,996 | | 30006 | Law Officer's Department | 304,060 | | 30007 | Police | 4,861,861 | | 30008 | Administrator and Registrar-General | 55,748 | | 30009 | Court of Appeal | 43,819 | | 30010 | Supreme Court | 77,173 | | 30100 | Public Service Commission | 38,724 | | 30200 | Auditor-General's Office | 146,724 | | 30201 | Provincial Audit | 41,169 | | 30300 | Legislature | 501,941 | | 30401 | Vice-President and Prime Minister's Office | 130,420 | | 30501 | Ministry of Development | 595,324 | | 30502 | Central Statistics Office | 331,310 | | 30601 | Ministry of the Interior | 144,011 | | 30602 | Southern Province | 1,221,206 | | 30603 | Eastern Province | 1,277,753 | | 30604 | Northern Province | 1,202,064 | | 30605 | Electoral Commission | 697,281 | | 30606 | Local Government Grants | 198,149 | | 30701 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 453,296 | | 30702 | High Commission—London | 305,152 | | 30703 | United Nations Delegation | 250,712 | | 30704 | New York Consulate-General | 104,976 | | 30705 | High Commission—Lagos | 83,740 | | 30706 | High Commission—Accra | 49,866 | | 30707 | Embassy—Monrovia | 74,180 | | 30708 | Embassy—Conakry | 57,390 | | 30709 | Embassy—Washington | 191,971 | | 30710 | Embassy—Moscow | 181,277 | | 30711 | Embassy—Cairo | 113,412 | | 30712 | Embassy—Bonn | 130,830 | | 30713 | Embassy—Addis Ababa | 107,548 | | 30715 | Embassy—Rome | 150,890 | | 30716 | Embassy—Peking | 64,324 | | 30717 | High Commission—Banjul | 55,403 | | 30718 | Embassy—Havana | 68,512 | | 30719 | Embassy—Paris | 177,952 | | 30801 | Ministry of Defence | 380,099 | A 24 No. 5 *1975/76 Appropriation* 1975 FIRST SCHEDULE—*continued*

| *No. of Item* | *Head of Expenditure* | *Sum voted Le* | |---|---|---| | 30802 | Military | 5,460,182 | | 30901 | Ministry of Finance | 649,409 | | 30902 | Customs and Excise | 587,859 | | 30903 | Income Tax Department | 396,352 | | 30906 | Contribution to Development Fund | 1,329,516 | | 30907 | Miscellaneous Services | 2,173,886 | | 31001 | Ministry of Transport and Communications | 114,640 | | 31002 | Civil Aviation | 443,331 | | 31003 | Meteorology | 213,957 | | 31004 | Road Transport Division—Headquarters | 84,052 | | 31005 | Road Transport Division—Works | 636,049 | | 31006 | Road Transport Division—Pool Services | 231,642 | | 31007 | Posts and Telecommunications | 1,860,921 | | 31008 | Railway Subsidy | 895,201 | | 31101 | Ministry of Education | 3,351,437 | | 31102 | Primary Education | 4,580,706 | | 31103 | Secondary Education | 4,672,990 | | 31104 | Teacher Education | 19,698 | | 31105 | Technical Education | 378,871 | | 31106 | Teaching Aids | 46,362 | | 31107 | Education Subsidies | 4,359,613 | | 31201 | Ministry of Social Welfare | 560,160 | | 31202 | Prisons | 1,636,031 | | 31203 | Community Development Division | 886,822 | | 31300 | Ministry of Tourrism and Cultural Affairs | 548,108 | | 31301 | Ministry of Health | 7,359,668 | | 31401 | Ministry of Mines | 196,064 | | 31402 | Geological Surveys | 183,647 | | 31403 | Mines Division | 294,116 | | 31404 | Ministry of Lands | 695,386 | | 31501 | Ministry of Labour | 300,604 | | 31601 | Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources | 500,990 | | 31602 | Agricultural Division | 3,149,688 | | 31603 | Forestry Conservation | 384,407 | | 31604 | Rubber Development | 89,690 | | 31605 | Veterinary Division | 341,742 | | 31606 | Fisheries Division | 187,400 | | 31701 | Ministry of Trade and Industry | 308,165 | | 31702 | Co-operative Department | 298,687 | | 31801 | Ministry of Works | 1,016,535 | | 31802 | Architectural Design, Construction and Maintenance Division | 1,372,431 | | 31803 | Highways, Bridge and Airport Design and Construction Division | 74,382 | No. 5 *1975/76 Appropriation* 1975 A 25

FIRST SCHEDULE—*continued* | *No. of Item* | *Head of Expenditure* | *Sum voted Le* | |---|---|---| | 31804 | Highway, Airport, Bridge and Ferry Maintenance Division | 2,362,934 | | 31805 | Mechanical Division | 1,386,715 | | 31900 | Ministry of Energy and Power | 1,282,323 | | 32001 | Ministry of Housing and Country Planning | 224,763 | | 32002 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | 514,831 | | 32004 | Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services | 1,166,359 | | | Printing | 1,445,252 | | | TOTAL | *Le*77,277,889 | SECOND SCHEDULE | *Head of Expenditure* | *Sum Voted Le* | |---|---| | Railway | 126,772 | This amount is exclusive of Statutory Expenditure and of the amount provided under Head 31008 in the First Schedule. It represents the appropriation of the estimated receipts arising from the operation of the Railway. Passed in Parliament this *7th* day of *July* in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five. M. MUNU, *Clerk of Parliament.* THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill. M. MUNU, *Clerk of Parliament.*