Appropriation Act, 2004

Number of Act: 
5
Date of assent: 
13 May 2004
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Signed this 13th day of May, 2004

ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH,

President.

The Appropriation Act, 2004.

Being an Act to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated
Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2004.

[1st January, 2004

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, 2004.

2. The sum of five hundred and ninety-one billion, five
hundred and twenty-nine million and five hundred thousand leones
shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency, the President for
and during the year two thousand and four to be applied and
expended in the manner herein described and for the several services
set forth in the Schedule.

3. The sum of five hundred and ninety-one billion, five
hundred and twenty-nine million, and five 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 four and the payment thereof shall be
taken to begin on and immediately after the first day of January, two
thousand and four.

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 of Finance, issued from time to time up to the
total sum of five hundred and ninety-one billion, five hundred and
twenty-nine million and five hundred thousand leones which shall
come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first
day of December, two thousand and four.

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

SCHEDULE

Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted

Le

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

10500 Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs ... 214,100.000.00

10600 Ministry of Presidential Affairs ... ... 229,500.000.00

107 00 Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government 240,600,000.00

11001 Local Government Grants ... ... ... 1,209.000.000.00

10702 Southern Province, Bo ... ... ... 240,000.000.00

10703 Eastern Province. Kenerna ... ... ... 240,000.000.00

10704 Northern Province. Makeni ... ... ... 240,000.000.00

11000 Office of the Secretary to the President ... ... 1,760.200,000.00

11001 National Assets Commission ... ... 167.400.000.00

11002 National Policy Advisory Committee ... ... 130,700.000.00

11005 National Security Adviser ... ... ... 497,400,000.00

11006 Presidential Spokesman ... ... ... 78,500.000.00

11007 Anti-Corruption Commission... ... ... 727,000.000.00

11008 Office of the Ombudsman ... ... ... 216.100.000.00

11009 Independent Media Commission ... ... 115,100.000.00

11011 Petroleum Resources Unit ...

11012 Law Reform Commission ... ... ... 238,300.000.00

11013 Sierra Leone Insurance Commission ... ... 190,600.000.00

11014 Civil Service Commission ... ... ... 238.300.000.00

11015 Commission for the Registration of Political Parties... 100,000.000.00

11100 Immigration Department ... ... ... 547,300.000.00

11200 Office of the Vice-President ... ... ... 982,300.000.00

11600 Parliament ... ... ... ... 1,200,000.000.00

11700 Cabinet Secretariat ... ... ... 361,600,000.00


11800 Supreme Court ... ... ... ... 230.500.000.00

11900 Court of Appeal ... ... ... ... 276,100.000.00

12000 High Court ... ... ... ... 842,100,000.00

12100 Office of the Auditor-General ... ... 769,100.000.00

12200 Establishment Secretary 's Office ... ... 375,200.000.00

123 00 Public Service Commission ... ... ... 232.200.000.00

12400 Office of the Solicitor-General ... ... 740,700.000.00

12401 Administrator and Registrar-General ... ... 287,800,000.00

12500 Ministry of Development and Economic Planning... 2,083,800,000.00

12502 National Authorising Office ... ... ... 151,200.000.00

128 00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

SCHEDULE

Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted

 

 

International Co-operation ...

... 2,if5.000,000.00

12801

High Commission London ...

413.900,000.00

12802

UN Delegation

413,900,000.00

12803

High Commission Lagos

346,300,000.00

12804

Embassy, Monrovia

320,600,000.00

12805

Embassy, Conakry

366.000,000.00

12806

Embassy, Washington

421.500,000.00

12807

Embassy, Moscow...

394,100,000.00

12808

Embassy, Addis Ababa

422,300,000.00

12809

Embassy, Peking ...

407.200,000.00

128 10

High Commission Banjul

382.400,000.00

12811

Embassy, Brussels

340,100,000.00

128 12

Embassy, Saudi Arabia

318,700,000.00

128 13

Embassy, Bonn ...

407,000,000.00

128 14

Embassy, Iran

311.400,000.00

128 15

High Commission. Accra

359,900,000.00

128 16

Embassy, Libya ...

323,500,000.00

12900

Ministry of Finance

... 3,014,200,000.00

13000

National Revenue Authority

... 6,201,200,000.00

13200

Accountant-General's Department

772.600.000.00

133 00

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

620.000,000.00

133 01

Mass Media Services

500,700,000.00

133 02

Government Printing Department

... 1,212,100,000.00

13400

Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone ...

... 6,318.200,000.00

13700

National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights 344.200,000.00

13800

Statistics-Sierra Leone

... 1.000,000,000.00

13900

National Commission for Privatisation ...

900,000,000.00

20100

Ministry of Defence

... 42,700,000,000.00

20400

Peace Operations ...

...

20500

Ministry of Internal Affairs ...

192,500,000.00

20501

National Registration Secretariat

185,100,000.00

20600

Police

... 17,154,000,000.00

20700

Prisons Department

6,817,800,000.00

20800

National Fire Authority

... 4.639.900.000.00

20900

National Commission for Disarmament.

 

Demobilisation and Reintegration

SCHEDULE

Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted

Le

30100 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ... 32,721,100,000.00

30104 Grants to Tertiary Institutions... ... ... 21.804.200,000.00

30200 Ministry of Youth and Sports ... ... 2.716,600,000.00

303 00 Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Culture Division)4 87,500,000.00

30400 Ministry of Health and Sanitation ... ... 36,643,300,000.00

305 00 Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and

Children's Affairs... ... ... ... 1.357,800,000.00

306 00 Ministry of Lands. Country Planning

and the Environment ... ... ... 1.798.000,000.00

30700 Gender and Children's Affairs Division ... 1.659,400,000.00

30800 National Commission for Social Action ... ... 402,700,000.00

34000 Socially Oriented Programmes ... ... 4,500,000,000.00

34100 Pensions, Gratuities and other Retiring Benefits ... See Note 1

34200 Contribution to Social Security ... ... See Note 1

40100 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security
14.740.600.000.00

40200 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources ... 700.600,000.00

403 00 Ministry of Mineral Resources ... ... 271,900,000.00

403 01 Mines Division ... ... ... ... 284,900,000.00

403 02 Geological Surveys ... ... ... 399,800,000.00

40400 Ministry of Transport and Communications ... 1.440,500,000.00

40401 Civil Aviation Department ... ... ... 271,900,000.00

40402 Meteorological Department ... ... ... 303.500,000.00

405 00 Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Tourism Division) 584,700,000.00

40600 Ministry of Energy and Power ... ... 4.077,700,000.00

407 00 Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations

and Social Security ... ... ... 1,145,500,000.00

408 00 Ministry of Works, Housing and

Technical Maintenance ... ... ... 573,200,000.00

408 01 Architectural. Design, Construction and

Maintenance Division ... ... ... 2.555.700.000.00

40802 Civil Works Division ... ... ... 304,900,000.00

40803 Road Fund ... ... ... ... 10.437,600,000.00

40804 Mechanical Division ... ... ... 187,800,000.00

40805 Housing Division... ... ... ... 349,500,000.00

40900 Ministry of Trade and Industry ... ... 1.200,000,000.00

40901 Department of Co-operatives ... ... 242,100,000.00

SCHEDULE

Vote Division Vote Description Total Sum Voted

Le

50100 Miscellaneous Services ... ... ... 1,529,500,000.00

50500 Lending minus Repayments ... ... ... -

50900 Salaries and Wages Arrears ... ... ... 1,500,000,000.00

50900 Domestic Suppliers'Arrears ... ... ... 5,000,000,000.00

51000 Project Arrears ... ... ... ... -

60100 Public Debt Charges ... ... ... 116,266,000,000.00

Various Salaries and Wages (Notes 1 and 2) ... ... 172,090,000,000.00

Various Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Activities ... 33.992.000.000.00

TOTAL ... ... ... Le591.529.500.000.00

Note 1- The amount for Charged Emoluments, Pensions, 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 2004 for all Ministries and Departments, including
Government contribution as Employer to the Social Security Scheme.

Passed in Parliament this 31st day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and four.

J. A. CARPENTER,
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.

J. A. CARPENTER,
Clerk of Parliament.