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Section 64, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or
Status not yet checkedThe Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or, Sierra Leone
(1) On or before the 15th day of October in each financialyear, the Rural Area Council shall prepare estimates of their
anticipated revenue from all sources, and of the sums required
to meet expenses during the following financial year.
(2) In case the estimated revenue of the Rural Area Council
would otherwise be insufficient to meet the estimated expenditure, it shall be lawful for the Rural Area Council to provide
in its estimates for a contribution by rural district councils
towards the expenditure of the Rural Area Council and to
apportion the amount of such contribution between the various
rural district councils according to the total rateable value of
premises in each rural district. Thereupon the Rural Area
Council shall where necessary amend the estimates of each
rural district council and village committee accordingly.
(3) The Rural Area Council shall forthwith send a certified
copy of their estimates and of the estimates of each rural
district council and village committee to the Minister for the
consideration of the Minister who may approve or disapprove
such estimates in whole or in part, or may before approving
such estimates, amend them in any particular.
(4) Such estimates when approved by the Minister shall be
the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year
for which they are made, and no expenditure shall be incurred
otherwise than in accordance therewith save with the previous
written approval of the Minister. Such approval may be either
general and subject to such conditions as the Minister may
determine, or in respect of specified items in the estimates.
Council
Estimates.
Approval of
estimates.
(5) On or before the lst day of April in each year the rural Contributions
d . t · t "l h ll h · "b · h. f to Rural AreaIS nc counc1 s s a pay t err contn utwns tot e revenues o Council.
the Rural Area Council as fixed for that year in the estimates
approved by the Minister, whether or not such contributions
are formally demanded.
(6) The estimates as approved by the Minister shall !~t~~~;~~~ of
be open to inspection during office hours by any person
whose name appears in a Voters List compiled in terms of this
Duties and
powers of
police not to
be affected
Council to
promote
building.
22 of 1957.
Ordinance in the case of the Rural Area estimates, at the office
of the Rural Area Council and of any rural district council; in
the case of rural district estimates, at the office of the rural
district council concerned; and in the case of village area estimates, at the office of the village committee concerned and of
the rural district council to which such village committee is
subordinate.
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