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Contents
  1. Preamble
  2. Section 1
  3. Section 2
  4. Section 3
  5. First Schedule
  6. Section 4
  7. Section 5

Preamble

No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 201912 Short title. No. 1 2019 Sierra Leone The Appropriation Act, 2019 Being an Act to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2019 and for other related matters. [ ] WHEREAS it is necessary to make provision for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of sums of money necessary to meet the expenditure to carry on the services of the Government: Date of commencement. ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXLX, No. 3 dated 11th January, 2019 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY NO. 3 OF 11TH JANUARY, 2019. Note 1. The amounts for Charged Emoluments, Gratuities and Other Retirement Benefits, and Contributions to Social Security are included in the provision for Salaries and Wages. Note 2. The Amount provided for Salaries and Wages is the provision for the Financial Year 2019 for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including Government's contribution to Social Security as Employer to the Social Security Scheme. Note 3.Contingency Fund (Allocated) which is 0.5% of Estimated Total Recurrent Revenue MADE this 29th day of October, 2018. SIGNED this 8th day of January, 2019. DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, President. LS Passed in Parliament this 7th day of December , in the year of our Lord two thousand and eighteen. PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY 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 correct printed copy of the said Bill. PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY Clerk of Parliament. No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 20192 NOW, THEREFORE, it is enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled as follows:-

Section 1

This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation onthe 1st day of January, 2019.

Section 2

The sum of six trillion nine hundred and forty billion onehundred and nine million three hundred and thirty six thousand one hundred Leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year two thousand and nineteen to be applied and expended in the manner herein described and for the several services set forth in the Schedule.

Section 3

The sum of six trillion nine hundred and forty billion onehundred and nine million three hundred and thirty six thousand one hundred 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 nineteen and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin on and immediately after the first day of January, two thousand and nineteen. Commencement. Le 6,940,109, 336,100 granted for 20 19 Le 6,940,109, 336,100 Charged on revenue 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Education Services 86,763,135,800 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Youth and Sports Services 2,779,7 16,700 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Solid Waste Management Services 21,443,720,400 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Agriculture and Food Security Services 18,728,666,400 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Rural Water Services 3,113,6 48,500 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs Services 4,137,1 77,300 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Health Care Services 45,558,005,200 70 1 0 1 Devolved Function - Fisheries and Marine Resources 776 ,554,100 Various Salaries and Wages (Notes 1 and 2) 2,4 00,301 ,085,400 Various Development Activities - Water Supply Projects 103 ,491,000,000 Various Development Activities - National Civil Registration Project 53,000,000,000 Various Development Activities - Electrification of City and District Headquarter Towns 99,600,000,000 Various Development Activities - Rehabilitation of Trunk Roads, City and District Headquarter Town Streets 154 ,500,000,000 Various Development Activities - Public Health Sierra Leone 54,650,000,000 Various Development Activities - Others 435 ,945,300,000 TOTAL Le 6,940,109,336,100

First Schedule

No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 20194 10 1 0 0 Charged Emoluments See Note 1 10 5 0 0 Ministry of Political and Public Affairs 2,121,1 72,500 10 6 0 0 Office of the Chief Minister 5,463,0 93,600 10 6 0 1 Presidential Infrastructure Initiative 900 ,000,000 10 6 0 2 Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation 4,500,0 00,000 10 7 0 0 Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development 4,196,6 19,000 10 7 0 2 Southern Province, Bo 3,289,3 50,800 10 7 0 3 Eastern Province, Kenema 2,343,7 05,400 10 7 0 4 Northern Province, Makeni 3,183,9 19,600 10 7 0 5 North West Province, Port Loko 2,226,4 73,500 10 8 0 0 Sierra Leone Small Arms Commission 813 ,369,900 11 0 0 0 Office of the Secretary to the President 18,251,494,100 11 0 0 1 National Assets and Government Property Commission 1,087,8 12,600 11 0 0 7 Anti-Corruption Commission 5,516,2 21,900 11 0 0 8 Office of the Ombudsman 1,519,9 50,900 11 0 0 9 Independent Media Commission 578 ,710,400 11 0 1 1 Political Parties Registration Commission 1,205,5 30,200 11 0 1 2 Law Reform Commission 490 ,180,100 11 0 1 3 Sierra Leone Insurance Commission 526 ,099,500 11 0 1 4 Local Government Service Commission 322 ,170,500 11 0 1 7 Public Sector Reform Unit 1,893,7 18,000 11 0 1 8 Corporate Affairs Commission 434 ,530,400 11 2 0 0 Office of the Vice President 15,330,105,400 40 2 0 0 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources 26,801,224,900 40 3 0 0 Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources 2,594,1 43,500 40 3 0 5 National Minerals Agency 2,877,2 05,800 40 4 0 0 Ministry of Transport and Aviation 42,806,805,500 40 5 0 0 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs - National Tourist Board 12,999,907,500 40 5 0 1 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs - Monuments and Relics Commission 7,152,1 74,600 40 5 0 2 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs - National and Railway Museums 4,880,0 00,000 40 6 0 0 Ministry of Energy 104 ,941,857,400 40 7 0 0 Ministry of Labour and Social Security 7,191,2 34,000 40 8 0 0 Ministry of Works, and Public Assets 12,000,580,300 40 9 0 0 Ministry of Trade and Industry 3,141,2 88,100 40 9 0 1 Sierra Leone Standards Bureau 3,444,7 01,400 40 9 0 2 Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency 4,280,5 15,500 40 9 0 3 Department of Co-operatives 1,563,4 60,700 40 9 0 4 Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company 518 ,362,600 41 0 0 0 National Protected Area Authority 1,436,6 95,000 41 1 0 0 Road Maintenance Fund 125 ,445,319,000 41 2 0 0 National Telecommunications Commission 59,397,288,700 41 3 0 0 Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission 1,230,4 32,800 No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019 12 8 0 7 Embassy, Moscow 1,017,4 24,600 12 8 0 8 Embassy, Addis Ababa 1,192,0 24,600 12 8 0 9 Embassy, Beijing 1,040,1 61,500 12 8 1 0 High Commission, Banjul 988 ,813,600 12 8 1 1 Embassy, Brussels 929 ,178,000 12 8 1 2 Embassy, Saudi Arabia 970 ,151,200 12 8 1 3 Embassy, Berlin 709 ,832,700 12 8 1 4 Embassy, Iran 926 ,433,000 12 8 1 5 High Commission, Accra 1,186,1 42,000 12 8 1 6 Embassy, Libya 901 ,766,900 12 8 1 7 Embassy, Dakar 1,015,6 27,500 12 8 1 8 Embassy, Dubai 627 ,633,000 12 8 1 9 Embassy Kenya 798 ,657,100 12 8 2 0 Sierra Leone Mission, Geneva 833 ,638,500 12 8 2 1 Embassy, Kuwait 1,088,4 33,000 12 8 2 1 Embassy, Seoul 1,326,3 34,700 12 9 0 0 Ministry of Finance 58,019,678,600 13 0 0 0 National Revenue Authority 98,000,000,000 13 1 0 0 Revenue Appellate Board 653 ,085,000 13 2 0 0 Accountant-General's Department 33,222,660,100 13 3 0 0 Ministry of Information and Communication 3,609,6 07,400 13 3 0 4 Government Spokesman 445 ,902,100 13 4 0 0 National Electoral Commission 18,000,000,000 13 7 0 0 National Commission For Democracy 853 ,425,000 13 8 0 0 Statistics - Sierra Leone 7,530,3 90,800 13 9 0 0 National Commission for Privatisation 2,032,1 37,000 14 0 0 0 Mass Media Services 1,589,0 41,300 14 1 0 0 Government Printing Department 3,050,7 59,100 14 2 0 0 National Public Procurement Authority 3,207,5 14,700 14 3 0 0 Justice and Legal Service Commission 164 ,565,000 14 4 0 0 National Commission for Human Rights 1,263,2 94,000 14 5 0 0 Rights to Access Information Commission 1,024,7 06,500 20 1 0 0 Ministry of Defence 96,018,122,100 20 3 0 0 National Civil Registration Authority 2,442,8 26,200 20 5 0 1 Ministry of Internal Affairs 1,220,6 80,900 20 6 0 0 Sierra Leone Police 87,722,641,400 20 7 0 0 Sierra Leone Correctional Services 52,369,725,800 20 8 0 0 National Fire Authority 17,760,925,300 20 9 0 0 Central Intelligence & Security Unit 6,277,5 86,600 21 0 0 0 Office of National Security 8,490,2 67,300 21 1 0 0 Immigration Department 5,244,8 34,100 21 2 0 0 National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency 592 ,146,000 30 0 0 0 Ministry of Technical and Higher Education 35,610,992,900 30 0 0 4 Grants to Tertiary Institutions (Including Tuition Fees Subsidies) 177 ,999,966,900 30 0 0 4 Tertiary Education Commission 2,186,7 22,400 6 7 No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019 30 1 0 0 Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education 137 ,637,249,700 30 2 0 0 Ministry of Sports 9,781,5 57,800 30 3 0 0 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs 10,063,054,700 30 4 0 0 Ministry of Health and Sanitation 174 ,014,044,100 30 5 0 0 Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs 11,455,040,200 30 5 0 3 National Commission for Persons with Disability 2,602,6 44,500 30 5 0 5 National Children's Commission 2,109,9 20,900 30 6 0 0 Ministry of Lands, Housing & the Environment 5,490,2 39,100 30 7 0 0 National Medical Supplies Agency 7,817,2 98,600 30 8 0 0 National Commission for Social Action 1,612,3 01,400 30 9 0 0 Dental and Medical Board 391 ,109,800 31 0 0 0 Ministry of Youth Affairs 5,208,5 60,500 31 0 0 1 National Youth Commission 4,647,4 31,200 31 1 0 0 Health Service Commission 1,190,8 96,500 31 2 0 0 Teaching Service Commission 1,755,9 06,300 31 3 0 0 National Youth Service 3,167,9 33,800 31 4 0 0 National HIV and AIDS Commission 3,507,9 94,500 31 5 0 0 Teaching Hospitals Complex Administration 3,627,3 14,000 31 6 0 0 Civil Service Training College 954 ,556,300 34 1 0 0 Pensions, Gratuities and Other Retirement Benefits See Note 1 34 2 0 0 Contributions to Social Security See Note 2 34 5 0 0 Pharmacy Board Services 6,379,1 80,500 40 1 0 0 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security 101 ,423,005,600 8 5 11 2 0 1 Public Private Partnership Unit 307 ,942,400 11 6 0 0 Parliament 14,499,978,800 11 7 0 0 Cabinet Secretariat 2,301,9 02,600 11 8 0 0 The Judiciary 14,429,865,900 12 1 0 0 Audit Service Sierra Leone 6,567,5 74,600 12 2 0 0 Human Resource Management Office 2,777,2 73,600 12 3 0 0 Public Service Commission 2,295,1 19,800 12 4 0 0 Office of the Solicitor-General 3,688,1 53,100 12 4 0 1 Administrator and Registrar-General 684 ,754,900 12 4 0 5 Justice Sector Coordination Office 605 ,742,400 12 4 0 6 Sierra Leone Law School 1,000,0 00,000 12 4 0 7 Legal Aid Board 6,069,7 19,500 12 5 0 0 Local Courts 690 ,092,400 12 6 0 0 Independent Police Complaints Board 958 ,480,900 12 7 0 0 Ministry of Planning and Economic Development 14,357,138,810 12 8 0 0 Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation 19,403,658,100 12 8 0 1 High Commission, London 1,620,8 46,000 12 8 0 2 UN Delegation 2,606,0 73,500 12 8 0 3 High Commission, Abuja 1,141,3 21,300 12 8 0 4 Embassy, Monrovia 1,193,4 46,600 12 8 0 5 Embassy, Conakry 1,040,1 61,500 12 8 0 6 Embassy, Washington 1,194,5 83,500 No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019No. 1 The Appropriation Act 2019 41 4 0 0 Ministry of Water Resources 13,255,014,100 41 5 0 0 Sierra Leone Maritime Administration 17,244,855,700 41 6 0 0 Civil Aviation Authority 1,830,8 18,200 41 7 0 0 Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority 3,293,9 53,100 41 8 0 0 Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute 5,152,6 11,500 41 9 0 0 Local Content Agency 718 ,850,800 42 0 0 0 Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency 15,154,178,800 42 1 0 0 Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA) 2,027,2 50,000 42 2 0 0 Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency 1,182,3 75,000 42 3 0 0 Sierra Leone Petroleum Regulation Agency 3,857,1 18,400 42 4 0 0 Sierra Leone Petroleum Directorate 6,846,3 33,000 50 9 0 0 Domestic Suppliers' Arrears 5,602,0 00,000 50 9 0 0 Parastatal Arrears 1,601,0 00,000 50 9 0 0 Salaries and Wages Arrears 954 ,000,000 60 1 0 0 Public Debt Charges 1,5 00,553 ,670,000 61 0 0 0 Contingency Fund (S36 PFM Act 2016) 15,066,284,300 61 1 0 0 Special Warrants of the President (S38 PFM Act, 2016) 7,533,1 42,200 61 2 0 0 Unallocated Head of Expenditures (S39 PFM Act, 2016) 7,533,1 42,200 70 1 0 0 Local Government Administration Grants 7,649,8 92,300 70 1 0 1 Sensitisation on Fire Prevention Services 939 ,884,500 10 3 Accountant General's authority for payment. Excess of Expenditure.

Section 4

The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and requiredto pay out of the Consolidated Fund for the 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 sum of six trillion nine hundred and forty billion one hundred and nine million three hundred and thirty six thousand one hundred Leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirtyfirst day of December, two thousand and nineteen.

Section 5

The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of theexpenditure authorized in Section 4 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of six trillion nine hundred and forty billion one hundred and nine million three hundred and thirty six thousand one hundred Leones from the first day of January, two thousand and nineteen inclusive, and any balances remaining unissued at the end of December, two thousand and nineteen shall lapse and not be available for making any payment in the following year.

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