Section 6: Other advances from Consolidated Fund

6. Other advances from Consolidated Fund (1) Subject to this section, the Minister may, by warrant under his hand, authorise the issue of an advance from the Consolidated Fund or from a deposit specified in section 8— (a) on behalf of, and recoverable from, the Government of any other State; (b) to or on account of a Special Fund; (c) to a public officer or an employee of a statutory body, for the purposes and under the conditions specified in financial instructions or General Orders; (d) to or on behalf of any other person, where the advance is required in the public interest; and F6 – 5 [Issue 9] Finance and Audit Act (e) for the purpose of expenditure authorised by any enactment which regulates the raising of loans by or on behalf of Government in anticipation of the raising all or any part of the loan. (2) An advance to or on account of a Special Fund, other than an advance issued under subsection (1) (e), shall be recoverable within a period not exceeding 12 months after the close of the fiscal year in which it was made. (3) Advances issued under subsection (1) (b) and (d) shall not, after deduction of any repayment, in the aggregate exceed 3,500 million rupees at any time. (4) Advances issued under subsection (1) (e) shall not in the aggregate exceed such amount as the Minister may authorise. [S. 6 amended by Act 68 of 1985; Act 3 of 1991; Act 13 of 1996; Act 18 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 4 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 July 2008; s. 9 of Act 1 of 2015 w.e.f. 1 January 2015; s. 19 (b) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f 7 September 2016.] 7. —