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Section 24, The Government Budgeting and Accountability Act, 2005
Status not yet checkedThe Government Budgeting and Accountability Act, 2005, Sierra Leone
(1) Government revenues and other receipts shall consistof –
(a) tax revenues, including taxes on income and
profits, goods and services, and taxes on
international trade and other transactions;
(b) non-tax revenues, including profits from
public enterprises, administrative fees and
charges, fines and forfeitures and repayment
of loans;
(c) domestic and external grants;
(d) other revenues paid to Government under
any enactment; and
(e) domestic and external borrowing for financing
the budget deficit.
(2) Government recurrent and development expenditure
and other payments shall consist of –
(a) current expenditure, including salaries, wages
and allowances, expenditure on goods and
services, current transfers and payments;
(b) capital expenditures, including the
acquisition of capital assets and capital
transfers;
(c) lending and equity participation; and
(d) payment of principal on domestic and external
borrowing.
(3) Subject to subsection (4) and as an exceptional case,
where the Minister finds it acceptable, a budgetary agency may be
permitted to retain and spend in support of Government budget
programme, any revenues raised by such agency if its revenue and
expenditure are included in the approved budget estimates.
(4) A separate column shall be added under revenue and
expenditure in the estimates to show the amount of revenue expected
to be raised by a budgetary agency and the external grants that it is
likely to receive from donors.
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