Preamble
No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014
Short title.
No. 12 2014
Sierra Leone
The Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2014.
Being an Act to make supplementary provision for the
services of Sierra Leone for the year 2014.
[ 1st July, 2014 ]
WHEREAS by the Appropriation Act, 2014 a sum not exceeding
three trillion, two hundred and sixty five billion, three hundred and
thirty eight million, eighty five thousand four hundred and fifty nine
Leones was provided for the services of Sierra Leone for the year two
thousand and fourteen;
Date of commencement.
6 ACT
Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXLV No. 72
dated 30th December, 2014
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE.
GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY NO. 72 OF 30TH DECEMBER, 2014.
509 00 Domestic Suppliers’ Arrears ... ... 25,607,000,000
610 00 Contingency Expenditure ... ... 2,001,000,000
Various Salaries and Wages (Paramount Chiefs) ... 13,380,000,000
Various Stock of Outstanding FY2013 Obligations
(Printed Cheques) Carried Over to FY2014 ... 11,214,000,000
TOTAL 52,202,000,000
Note 1. The Amount provided for Salaries and Wages is the additional provision
for the Financial Year 2014 for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies,
including Government’s contribution to Social Security as Employer to
the Social Security Scheme.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted
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SIGNED this 27th day of November, 2014.
DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA,
President.
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Passed in Parliament this 10th day of July, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and fourteen.
IBRAHIM S. SESAY,
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.
IBRAHIM S. SESAY,
Clerk of Parliament.
No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014
WHEREAS it has become necessary to provide for the
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund, a further sum of two hundred
and sixty six billion four hundred and Nineteen million Leones in
excess of the provision in the Appropriation Act, 2014 for the several
services set forth in the First and Second Schedules;
AND WHEREAS subsection (3) of section 112 of the 1991
Constitution states that where in respect of any financial year, it is
found that the amount of moneys appropriated by the Appropriation
Act for any purpose is insufficient or that a need has arisen for
expenditure for a purpose for which no amount of moneys has been
appropriated by the Act, a supplementary estimate showing the sum
of money required shall be laid before Parliament;
AND WHEREAS section 48 of Government Budgeting and
Accountability Act 2005 provides that a supplementary estimate under
paragraph (b) (ii) of sub section (3) of section 111 of the Constitution
shall be submitted to Parliament subject to subsection (3) of section
112 of the Constitution and shall be appropriated by a Supplementary
Appropriation Act under subsection (4) of section 112 of the
Constitution;
AND WHEREAS sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 24 of the
Financial Management Regulations 2007 provides that: Where further
disbursements are required in respect of a service which–
(a) could not have been foreseen;
(b) cannot be postponed without detriment to
the public service; or
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(c) cannot appropriately be charged to an
existing appropriation or which can cause
an excess on such estimates,
a Vote Controller shall seek approval or authority from the Minister
before an expenditure is incurred;
AND WHEREAS sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 24 of the
Financial Management Regulations 2007 provides that where
expenditure for such service cannot be met by virement from a
programme with savings, provision for supplementary can be sought;
AND WHEREAS sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 25 of the
Financial Management Regulations 2007, provides that where a
supplementary provision is required as an addition to the original
estimates, an application for supplementary funds shall be made by
the vote controller concerned to the Financial Secretary in order to
seek the approval of the Minister.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Members of Parliament
in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:-