Section 4: Vote on account

4. Vote on account (1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the Minister may, by warrant under his hand, issue from the Consolidated Fund such sums as may be necessary to meet, during any period not exceeding 6 months between the end of a fiscal year and the enactment of the Appropriation Act in respect of the next fiscal year, the estimates of expenditure for which corresponding provision had been made in the previous fiscal year. (b) Any expenditure incurred under this subsection shall not exceed one half of the amount provided for in the corresponding provision of the estimates in the previous fiscal year. (2) Any sum issued under subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been issued in anticipation of approval being given by Parliament, by an Act authorising the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the sum was issued, and on the coming into operation of the Appropriation Act, the warrant shall cease to have effect and any issue made under it shall be deemed to have been made under the Appropriation Act and shall be accounted for accordingly. [S. 4 amended by s. 5 of Act 4 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 July 2008; s. 6 of Act 1 of 2015 w.e.f. 1 January 2015.]