Appropriation Act, 1974
Signed this 22nd day of August, 1974
SIAKA STEVENS President.
The 1974/75 Appropriation Act, 1974
Being an Act to provide for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year
Whereas it is necessary to make provision for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year 1974/75:
Be it therefore enacted by the President and Parliament in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:—
1. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1974.
2. The sum of sixty-seven million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, three hundred and eight leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year nineteen hundred and seventy-four/seventy-five and the same shall be applied and expended in the manner herein described and for the several services set forth in the First and Second Schedules.
3. The said sum of sixty-seven million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, three hundred and eight leones shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the year nineteen hundred and seventy-four/seventy-five and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin and commence on and immediately after the first dav of Julv. nineteen hundred and seventv-four.
4. The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and required from time to time upon the Warrant or Order of the Minister of Finance, to pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the several services specified in the First and Second Schedules the sum of sixty-seven million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, three hundred and eight leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
5. The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of the expenditure authorised in section 2 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of sixty-seven million, three hundred and sixty-two thousand, three hundred and eight leones from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventv-four inclusive and any balances remaining unissued at the end of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-five shall lapse and not be available for making payments in the following year.
FIRST SCHEDULE |
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"No. of. Item |
Head of Expenditure |
Sum voted |
Le |
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30000 |
President's Office |
339,515 |
30001 - |
Immigration |
84,047 |
30002 |
Cabinet Secretariat |
41,825 |
30003 |
Establishment Secretary's Office |
491,794 |
30004 |
\ Civil Service Training College |
50,304 |
30005 |
High Court |
440,535 |
30006 |
Law Officers' Department |
284,214 |
30007 |
Police |
.. 4,654,229 |
30008 |
Administrator and Registrar-General |
45,708 |
30009 |
Court of Appeal |
38,940 |
30010 |
Supreme Court |
65,234 |
30100 |
Public Service Commission |
35,493 |
30200 |
Auditor-General's Office |
. . 131,053 |
30201 |
Provincial Audit |
44,674 |
30300 |
Legislature |
447,980 |
30401 |
Vice-President and Prime Minister's Office |
169,662 |
30501 |
Ministry of Development |
547,849 |
30502 |
Central Statistics Office |
.. 334,318 |
30601 |
Ministry of the Interior |
110,655 |
30602 |
Southern Province |
241,628 |
30603 |
Eastern Province |
213,682 |
30604 |
Northern Province |
242,271 |
30605 |
Electoral Commission |
.. 195,336 |
30606 |
Local Government Grants |
794,467 |
30701 |
Ministry of External Affairs |
.. 429,539 |
30702 |
High Commission—London |
324,279 |
30703 |
United Nations Delegation |
261,550 |
30704 |
New York Consulate-General |
93,665 |
30705 |
High Commission—Lagos |
70,731 |
30706 |
High Commission—Accra |
39,922 |
30707 |
Embassy—Monrovia |
65,917 |
30708 |
Embassy—Conakry |
57,715 |
30709 |
Embassy—Washington |
202,734 |
30710 |
Embassy—'Moscow |
180,120 |
30711 |
Embassy—Cairo |
67,675 |
30712 |
Embassy—Bonn |
118,865 |
30713 |
Embassy—Addis Ababa . . |
100,864 |
30715 |
Embassy—Rome |
129,666 |
30716 |
Embassy—Peking |
68,887 |
30717 |
High Commission—Banjul |
55,184 |
30718 |
Embassy—Havana |
72,400 |
30719 |
Embassy—Paris |
146,968 |
30801 |
Ministry of Defence |
230,021 |
30802 |
Military |
.. 3,346,302 |
30901 |
Ministry of Finance |
535,431 |
30902 |
Customs and Excise |
388,487 |
So. of Item |
Head of Expenditure |
Sum voted |
Le |
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30903 |
Income Tax Department |
336,935 |
30906 |
Contribution to Development Fund |
.. 2,000,000 |
30907 |
Miscellaneous Services |
.. 2.042.375 |
31001 |
Ministry of Transport and Communications |
105.810 |
31002 |
Civil Aviation |
404,763 |
31003 |
Meteorology |
170,693 |
31004 |
Road Transport Division—-Headquarters |
68,669 |
31005 |
Road Transport Division—Works |
541,506 |
31006 |
Road Transport Division—Pool Services |
188,048 |
31007 |
Posts and Telecommunications |
.. 1,597,153 |
31008 |
Railway Subsidy |
944,000 |
31101 |
Ministry of Education |
.. 3,201,752 |
31102 |
Primary Education ... |
.. 4,705,000 |
31103 |
Secondary Education |
.. 3,829,929 |
31104 |
Teacher Education ... |
15,044 |
31105 |
Technical Education |
490,696 |
31106 |
Teaching Aids |
56,906 |
31107 |
Education Subsidies ... |
.. 4.058,992 |
31201 |
Ministry of Social Welfare |
405,464 |
31202 |
Prisons |
.. 1,644,238 |
31203 |
Community Development Division |
741,062 |
31300 |
Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs |
259,452 |
31301 |
Ministry of Health ... |
. 6,465,760 |
31401 |
Ministry of Mines |
152,849 |
31402 |
Geological Surveys |
171,462 |
31403 |
Mines Division |
234,220 |
31404 |
Ministry of Lands |
559,287 |
31501 |
Ministry of Labour |
209,705 |
31601 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources . |
449,815 |
31602 |
Agricultural Division |
. 2.667,317 |
31603 |
Forestry Conservation |
327,437 |
31604 |
Rubber Development |
86,481 |
31605 |
Veterinary Division ... |
291,862 |
31606 |
Fisheries Division |
134,431 |
31701 |
Ministry of Trade and Industry |
206,300 |
31702 |
Co-operative Department |
261,858 |
31801 |
Ministry of Works ... |
. 1,699,794 |
31802 |
Workshop Freetown |
450,168 |
31803 |
Western Area |
. 1.547,646 |
804a/31804e |
Other Provinces |
. 3,539,475 |
31901 |
Ministry of Housing and Country Planning |
171,426 |
32001 |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
404,562 |
32002 |
Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services |
. 1,001,816 |
32004 |
Printing |
. 1,319,602 |
Total....................Le67,194,095
SECOND SCHEDULE
Head of Expenditure Sum voted
Le
Railway 168,213
This amount is exclusive of Statutory Expenditure and of the amount provided under Head 31008 in the First Schedule. It represents the appropriation of the estimated receipts arising from the operation of the Railway.
Passed in Parliament this 26th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four.
Acting 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 correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
M. MUNU, Acting Clerk of Parliament.