**The Appropriation Act, 2001** [Margin: Short title.]

7 SIGNED this *24th* day of *April*, *2001*. ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, *President.* (LS) **No. 2** [Coat of Arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] **2001** **Sierra Leone** **The Appropriation Act, 2001** [Margin: Short title.] **Being an Act to provide for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2001.** *[1st January, 2001]* [Margin: Date of commencement.] 8 No. 2 *Appropriation Act* **2001** 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, it is 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 January, 2001. [Margin: Le433,555,000,000 granted for 2001.] **2.** The sum of four hundred and thirty-three billion, five hundred and fifty-five million leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year Two Thousand and One to be applied and expended in the manner described and for the several services set forth in the Schedule. [Margin: Le433,555,000,000 charged on revenue.] **3.** The sum of four hundred and thirty-three billion, five hundred and fifty-five million leones referred to in section 2, shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Fund for the year Two Thousand and One and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin on and immediately after the first day of January, Two Thousand and One. [Margin: Accountant-General's authority for payment.] **4.** 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, issued from time to time up to the total sum of four hundred and thirty-three billion, five hundred and fifty-five million leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, Two Thousand and One.

[Margin: Excess of expenditure.] **5.** The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of the expenditure authorised in section 4 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of four hundred and thirty-three billion, five hundred and fifty-five million leones from the first day of January, Two Thousand and One inclusive and any balances remaining unissued on the thirty-first day of December, Two Thousand and One shall lapse and not be available for making any payment in the following year. **No. 2** *Appropriation Act* **2001** 9 SCHEDULE

| *Vote Division* | *Vote Description* | *Total Sum Voted* | |---|---|---| | | | *Le* | | 101 00 | Charged Emoluments | See Note 1 | | 105 00 | Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs | 203,000,000.00 | | 106 00 | Ministry of Presidential Affairs | 217,000,000.00 | | 107 00 | Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government | 214,200,000.00 | | 107 01 | Local Government Grants | 468,757,000.00 | | 107 02 | Southern Province, Bo | 202,752,000.00 | | 107 03 | Eastern Province, Kenema | 202,752,000.00 | | 107 04 | Northern Province, Makeni | 202,752,000.00 | | 108 00 | Ministry for Public Affairs | 203,000,000.00 | | 110 00 | Office of the Secretary to the President | 1,262,800,000.00 | | 110 01 | National Assets Commission | 150,000,000.00 | | 110 02 | National Policy Advisory Committee | 113,100,000.00 | | 110 05 | National Security Adviser | 308,000,000.00 | | 110 06 | Presidential Spokesman | 80,000,000.00 | | 110 07 | Anti-Corruption Commission | 300,000,000.00 | | 110 08 | Office of the Ombudsman | 100,000,000.00 | | 110 09 | Independent Media Commission | 100,000,000.00 | | 110 10 | National HIV/AIDS Coordinating Committee | 100,000,000.00 | | 111 00 | Immigration Department | 281,000,000.00 | | 112 00 | Office of the Vice-President | 543,000,000.00 | | 116 00 | Parliament | 664,800,000.00 | | 117 00 | Cabinet Secretariat | 312,900,000.00 | | 118 00 | Supreme Court | 176,000,000.00 | | 119 00 | Court of Appeal | 215,400,000.00 | | 120 00 | High Court | 299,800,000.00 | | 121 00 | Office of the Auditor-General | 381,900,000.00 | | 121 01 | Provincial Audit | 150,200,000.00 | | 122 00 | Establishment Secretary's Office | 334,200,000.00 | | 123 00 | Public Service Commission | 200,900,000.00 | | 124 00 | Office of the Solicitor-General | 609,200,000.00 | | 124 01 | Administrator and Registrar-General | 207,800,000.00 | | 125 00 | Ministry of Development and Economic Planning | 1,667,300,000.00 | | 125 01 | Central Statistics Office | 380,700,000.00 | | 125 02 | National Authorising Office | 130,800,000.00 | | 128 00 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and<br>International Co-operation | 1,560,000,000.00 | | 128 01 | High Commission, London | 341,290,000.00 | 10 **No. 2** *Appropriation Act* **2001** SCHEDULE

| *Vote Division* | *Vote Description* | *Total Sum Voted* | |---|---|---| | | | *Le* | | 128 02 | UN Delegation | 341,280,000.00 | | 128 03 | High Commission, Lagos | 285,580,000.00 | | 128 04 | Embassy, Monrovia | 264,380,000.00 | | 128 05 | Embassy, Conakry | 301,780,000.00 | | 128 06 | Embassy, Washington | 347,580,000.00 | | 128 07 | Embassy, Moscow | 325,000,000.00 | | 128 08 | Embassy, Addis Ababa | 348,180,000.00 | | 128 09 | Embassy, Peking | 335,770,000.00 | | 128 10 | High Commission, Banjul | 286,770,000.00 | | 128 11 | Embassy, Brussels | 280,470,000.00 | | 128 12 | Embassy, Saudi Arabia | 262,790,000.00 | | 128 13 | Embassy, Bonn | 335,590,000.00 | | 128 14 | Embassy, Iran | 256,780,000.00 | | 128 15 | High Commission, Accra | 296,780,000.00 | | 128 16 | Embassy, Libya | 266,780,000.00 | | 129 00 | Ministry of Finance | 2,330,300,000.00 | | 130 00 | Customs and Excise Department | 1,415,500,000.00 | | 131 00 | Income Tax Department | 673,000,000.00 | | 132 00 | Accountant-General's Department | 605,100,000.00 | | 133 00 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | 445,730,000.00 | | 133 01 | Mass Media Services | 342,530,000.00 | | 133 02 | Government Printing Department | 912,340,000.00 | | 134 00 | Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone | 527,500,000.00 | | 137 00 | National Commission for Democracy<br>and Human Rights | 307,300,000.00 | | 201 00 | Ministry of Defence | 650,600,000.00 | | 202 00 | Military | 35,119,400,000.00 | | 204 00 | Peace Operations | 3,000,000,000.00 | | 205 00 | Ministry of Internal Affairs | 200,800,000.00 | | 205 01 | National Registration Secretariat | 122,200,000.00 | | 206 00 | Police | 9,798,000,000.00 | | 207 00 | Prisons Department | 3,888,000,000.00 | | 208 00 | National Fire Authority | 1,008,800,000.00 | | 209 00 | Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration | 3,000,000,000.00 | | 301 00 | Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports | 2,865,700,000.00 | | 301 01 | Planning and Development Services | 103,000,000.00 | | 301 02 | Pre-primary and Primary Education | 9,965,300,000.00 | **No. 2** *Appropriation Act* **2001** 11 SCHEDULE

| *Vote Division* | *Vote Description* | *Total Sum Voted* | |---|---|---| | | | *Le* | | 301 03 | Secondary Education | 2,926,800,000.00 | | 301 04 | Tertiary and Techers Education | 13,319,000,000.00 | | 301 05 | Technical/Vocational Education | 1,200,000,000.00 | | 301 06 | Physical and Health Education | 122,900,000.00 | | 301 07 | Inspectorate Division | 150,700,000.00 | | 302 00 | Youth and Sport Division | 806,700,000.00 | | 303 00 | Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Culture Division) | 225,900,000.00 | | 304 00 | Ministry of Health and Sanitation | 16,550,060,000.00 | | 305 00 | Ministy of Social Welfare, Gender and<br>Children's Affairs | 810,400,000.00 | | 306 00 | Ministry of Lands, Housing, Country Planning<br>and the Environment | 1,359,800,000.00 | | 307 00 | Gender and Children's Affairs Division | 280,100,000.00 | | 308 00 | Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Reconstruction<br>Division | 787,200,000.00 | | 340 00 | Socially Oriented Projects | 3,000,000,000.00 | | 341 00 | Pensions, Gratuities and other Retiring Benefits | See Note 1 | | 401 00 | Ministy of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine Resources | 225,000,000.00 | | 401 01 | Agricultural Division | 2,200,300,000.00 | | 401 02 | Forestry Conservation Division | 216,450,000.00 | | 401 03 | Veterinary Services Division | 291,450,000.00 | | 401 04 | Land and Water Development Division | 214,150,000.00 | | 401 05 | Planning, Evaluation, Monitoring and<br>Statistics Division | 166,650,000.00 | | 401 06 | Support to Agricultural Institutions | 675,000,000.00 | | 402 00 | Marine Resources Division | 549,800,000.00 | | 403 00 | Ministry of Mineral Resources | 220,900,000.00 | | 403 01 | Mines Division | 223,600,000.00 | | 403 02 | Geological Surveys | 313,797,000.00 | | 404 00 | Ministry of Transport and Communications | 3,395,100,000.00 | | 404 01 | Civil Aviation Department | 220,900,000.00 | | 404 02 | Meteorological Department | 245,700,000.00 | | 405 00 | Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Tourism Division) | 230,100,000.00 | | 406 00 | Ministry of Energy and Power | 2,783,200,000.00 | | 407 00 | Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations<br>and Social Security | 428,880,000.00 | 12 **No. 2** *Appropriation Act* **2001** SCHEDULE

| *Vote Division* | *Vote Description* | *Total Sum Voted* | |---|---|---| | | | *Le* | | 408 00 | Ministry of Works and Maintenance | 464,800,000.00 | | 408 01 | Architectural, Design, Construction and<br>Maintenance Division | 1,694,560,000.00 | | 408 02 | Civil Works Division | 246,800,000.00 | | 408 03 | Road Fund | 5,869,000,000.00 | | 408 04 | Mechanical Division | 154,900,000.00 | | 409 00 | Ministry of Trade and Industry | 550,000,000.00 | | 409 01 | Department of Co-operatives | 152,590,000.00 | | 501 00 | Miscellaneous Services | 1,832,900,000.00 | | 505 00 | Lending minus Repayments | 3,110,000,000.00 | | 509 00 | Salaries and Wages Arrears | 2,000,000,000.00 | | 509 00 | Arrears to Domestic Suppliers | 5,000,000,000.00 | | 509 00 | Government Arrears to Parastals | 1,000,000,000.00 | | 510 00 | Project Arrears | 2,000,000,000.00 | | 515 00 | Contingency | 145,392,000,000.00 | | 601 00 | Public Debt Charges | 95,318,000,000.00 | | Various | Salaries and Wages (Notes 1 and 2) | 100,318,000,000.00 | | Various | Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Activities | 14,927,000,000.00 | | | **TOTAL** | **Le433,555,000,000.00** | **Note 1**— This amount represents Charged Emoluments, Pensions, Gratuities and other Retirement Benefits included in the provision for Salaries and Wages. **Note 2**— The amount provided for Salaries and Wages is the total provision for the year 2001 for all Ministries and Departments. PASSED in Parliament this *30th* day of *March*, in the year of our Lord two thousand and one. J. A. CARPENTER, *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. J. A. CARPENTER, *Clerk of Parliament.*