Appropriation Act, 2008

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22 May 2008
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ACT

Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXXXIX, No. 25

dated 22nd May, 2008

Signed this 17th day of April, 2008

DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA,

President.

The Appropriation Act, 2008.

Being an Act to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2008.

[1st January, 2008]

Whereas it is necessary to make provision for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of sums of money necessary to meet the expenditure to carry on the services of the Government:

Now, therefore, it is enacted by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled as follows:-

1. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 2008.

2. The sum of one trillion and eighteen billion six hundred and twenty one million seven hundred thousand leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year two thousand and eight to be applied and expended in the manner herein described and for the several services set forth in the Schedule.

3. The sum of one trillion and eighteen billion six hundred and twenty one million seven hundred thousand leones referred to in section 2, shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Fund for the year two thousand and eight and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin on and immediately after the first day of January, two thousand and eight.

4. The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and required to pay out of the Consolidated Fund for the several services specified in the Schedule, such sums as may be specified in the Warrant or Order of the Minister responsible for finance, issued from time to time up to the total sum of one trillion and eighteen billion six hundred and twenty one million seven hundred thousand leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, two thousand and eight.

5. The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of the expenditure authorized in section 4 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of one trillion and eighteen billion six hundred and twenty one million seven hundred thousand leones from the first day of January, two thousand and eight inclusive, and any balances remaining unissued at the end of December, two thousand and eight shall lapse and not be available for making any payment in the following year.

SCHEDULE

Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted

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10100 Charged Emoluments ... ... ... See Note 1

106 00 Ministry of Presidential and Public Affairs ... 510,400,000

107 00 Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local

Government and Rural Development ... 498,400,000

107 02 Southern Province, Bo ...

107 03 Eastern Province, Kenema

107 04 Northern Province, Makeni

107 05 National Registration Secretariat ...

110 00 Office of the Secretary to the President

110 01 National Assets Commission

110 02 National Policy Advisory Committee

110 06 Presidential Spokesman

110 07 Anti-Corruption Commission

110 08 Office of the Ombudsman

110 09 Independent Media Commission ...

110 11 Registration of Political Parties

110 12 Law Reform Commission

110 13 Sierra Leone Insurance Commission

110 14 Local Government Service Commission

112 00 Office of the Vice President

116 00 Parliament

117 00 Cabinet Secretariat

118 00 Supreme Court

119 00 Court of Appeal

120 00 High Court

121 00 Audit Services

122 00 Establishment Secretary's Office

123 00 Public Service Commission

124 00 Office of the Solicitor-General 124 01 Administrator and Registrar-General 128 00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International

Co-operation

128 01 High Commission, London

128 02 UN Delegation

128 03 High Commission, Lagos

128 04 Embassy, Monrovia

128 05 Embassy, Conakry

128 06 Embassy, Washington

128 07 Embassy, Moscow

128 08 Embassy, Addis Ababa

128 09 Embassy, Beijing

128 10 High Commission, Banjul

128 11 Embassy, Brussels

128 12 Embassy, Saudi Arabia 128 13 Embassy, Bonn

Le

171,000,000 171,000,000 171,000,000 128,300,000 2,480,100,000 113,100,000 102,800,000 107,300,000 721,200,000 175,300,000 92,800,000 215,900,000 230,900,000 96,100,000 138,700,000 827,300,000 2,100,300,000 291,000,000 181,500,000 213,100,000 715,400,000 772,400,000 336,100,000 288,200,000 669,500,000 223,400,000

2,228,200,000 531,000,000 393,300,000 319,500,000 290,200,000 332,500,000 558,800,000 355,500,000 391,800,000 372,700,000 347,200,000 327,900,000 286,500,000

128 14 Embassy, Iran

128 15 High Commission, Accra ...

128 16 Embassy, Libya

129 00 Ministry of Finance and Economic

Development

130 00 National Revenue Authority 13100 Revenue Appellate Board ...

132 00 Accountant-General's Department

133 00 Ministry of Information and Communication

134 00 Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone

137 00 National Commission For Democracy

138 00 Statistics - Sierra Leone ...

139 00 National Commission for Privatisation

140 00 Mass Media Services

14100 Government Printing Department ...

142 00 National Public Procurement Authority

143 00 Justice and Legal Service Commission

144 00 National Commission for Human Rights 20100 Ministry of Defence

206 00 Police

207 00 Prisons Department

208 00 National Fire Authority ... 210 0 National Security Adviser 21100 Immigration Department 212 00 National Drugs Secretariat

301 00 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports 30104 Grants to Tertiary Institutions

302 00 Department of Youth and Sports ...

303 00 Ministry of Tourism and Culture

(Culture Division)

304 00 Ministry of Health and Sanitation ...

305 00 Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and

Children's Affairs

306 00 Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and

the Environment

307 00 Gender and Children's Affairs Division

308 00 National Commission for Social Action

340 00 Socially Oriented Outlays

341 00 Pensions, Gratuities and other Retirement

Benefits

342 00 Contributions to Social Security

401 00 Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and

Forestry

402 00 Ministry of Marine Resources

Le

370,600,000 276,700,000 398,600,000 288,200,000

5,704,300,000 19,166,000,000 44,900,000 1,003,000,000 458,400,000 7,450,000,000 220,000,000 2,280,000,000 908,400,000 481,300,000 906,600,000 427,500,000 130,400,000 132,500,000 41,672,800,000 24,937,200,000 8,602,100,000 1,451,900,000 851,200,000 752,900,000 405,200,000 20,762,200,000 27,225,000,000 1,379,300,000

464,400,000 27,026,100,000

816,500,000

1,242,700,000 747,700,000 122,400,000 842,000,000

See Note 1 See Note 1

14,106,300,000 622,300,000

403 00 Ministry of Mineral Resources

404 00 Ministry of Transport and Aviation 404 01 Civil Aviation Department

404 02 Meteorological Department

405 00 Ministry of Tourism and Culture

(Tourism Division)

406 00 Ministry of Energy and Power

407 00 Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations

408 00 Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructu

409 00 Ministry of Trade and Industry

409 01 Department of Co-operatives

410 00 National Commission on Environment 41100 Road Fund

412 00 National Telecommunication Commission

415 00 Sierra Leone Maritime Administration

50100 Miscellaneous Services ...

509 00 Domestic Suppliers' Arrears

509 00 Parastatal Arrears

509 00 Salaries and Wages Arrears

60100 Public Debt Charge

610 00 Contingency Fund

701 00 Local Government Administration Grants

701 01 Sensitisation on Fire Prevention Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Education Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Youth and Sports Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Solid Waste Management Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Agriculture and Food

Security Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Rural Water Services

701 01 Devolved Function - Gender and Children's Affairs Services

86,700,000 356,210,000,000

2,336,000,000

701 01 Devolved Function - Health Care Services 701 01 Devolved Function - Fisheries and Marine Resources

Various Salaries and Wages (Notes 1 and 2) Various Development Activities - Government Buildings

Le

1,299,400,000 853,700,000 310,500,000 289,100,000

542,400,000 77,593,400,000 843,300,000 - 2,878,300,000 937,500,000 172,900,000 256,900,000 53,830,300,000 240,000,000 500,000,000 2,516,700,000 500,000,000 1,800,000,000 2,600,000,000 159,153,000,000 see Note 3 1,319,400,000 203,900,000 29,805,600,000 288,800,000

1,583,000,000

2,668,100,000 785,400,000

377,700,000

10,914,500,000

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Various Development Activities - Bumbuna Hydro

Electric Project ... ... ... 11,066,000,000

Various Development Activities - Rural Electrification 1,305,000,000 Various Development Activities - Roads ... ... 19,718,000,000

Various Development Activities - Others ... ... 31,575,000,000

TOTAL ... ... ... Lei.018.621.700.000

Note 1. The amounts for Charged Emoluments, Gratuities and Other Retirement Benefits and Contributions to Social Security are included in the provision for Salaries and Wages.

Note 2. The Amount provided for Salaries and Wages is the total provision for the Financial Year 2008 for all Ministries and Departments, including Government's contribution as Employer to the Social Security Scheme.

Note 3. Contingency Fund (Allocation) is 1% (one percent) of Estimated Total Recurrent Revenue.

Passed in Parliament this 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight.

A. A. KEMOKAI, 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.

A. A. KEMOKAI, Clerk of Parliament.

Printed and Published by the Government Printing Department, Sierra Leone. Gazette No. 25 of 22nd May, 2008.