Cap. 174 Art. 25Supplementary provision.

If in respect of any financial year it is found that the amount 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 has been appropriated by the Act, or that any moneys have been expended for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated for the purpose by the Appropriation Act, or for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by the Act, supplementary estimates showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the House of Representatives and the Appropriation Bill shall contain such expenditure under appropriate heads: Provided that the Minister may for such purposes from time to time authorise the issue of such sums out of the Consolidated Fund (not exceeding ten per cent of the sum appropriated for the financial year, or such other percentage as the House may by resolution from time to time approve) as he may consider necessary for the purpose without the need of any further appropriation other than this Act, and he shall make a report thereon to the House within one month of such appropriation, and where the House is not sitting at the time not later than the third sitting after the House reconvenes.