Preamble, No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014No. 12 Appropriation Act 2014

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 Le SIGNED this 27th day of November, 2014. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. LS 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 2 3 (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:-