Signed this 22 nd day of July. 1975.

 

SIAKA STEVENS. President.

 

The 1975/76 Appropriation Act, 1975

 

Being an Act to provide for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year

1975/76

 

(1st July, 1975)

Whereas it is necessary to make provision for the Service of Sierra Leone for the year 1975/76:

Be it therefore 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 July, 1975.

2. The sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two Hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year nineteen hundred and seventy-five/seventy- six 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 Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine 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-five/seventy-six and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin and commence on and immediately after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

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 fo'r the several services specified in the First and Second Schedules the sum of Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-rime Leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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 Seventy-seven Million, Two hundred and Seventy-seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Eighty-nine Leones from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seventy-five inclusive and any balances remaining unissued at the end of June, nineteen hundred and seventy-six shall lapse and not be available for making payments in the following year.

FIRST SCHEDULE

No. of Item Head of Expenditure Sum voted

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30000 President's Office ... ... ... 324,746

30001 Immigration ... ... ... ... 93,017

30002 Cabinet Secretariat ... ... ... ... 44,953

30003 Establishment Secretary's Office ... ... ... 525,836

30004 Civil Sen-ice Training College ... ... ... 73,800

30005 High Court ............................492,996

30006 Law Officer's Department ... ... 304,060

30007 Police ... ...... ... ••• ••• 4,861,861

30008 Administrator and Registrar-General ... ... 55,748

30009 Court of Appeal ...... ... ... 43,819

30010 Supreme Court ... ... ... ... 77,173 30100 Public Service Commission ... ... ••• 38,724

30200 Auditor-General's Office ... ... ... ... 146,724

30201 Provincial Audit ... ... ... ••• 41,169

30300 Legislature ......... ... ••• 501,941

30401 Vice-President and Prime Minister's Office ... ... 130,420

30501 Ministry of Development ... ... ••? 595,324

30502 Central Statistics Office ... ... ... ••• 331,310

30601 Ministry of the Interior ... ... ... ?•• 144,011

30602 Southern Province ... ... ... 1,221,206

30603 Eastern Province ... ... ... 1,277,753

30604 Northern Province ... ... ... ... 1,202,064

30605 Electoral Commission ... ... ... ••• 697,281

30606 Local Government Grants ... ... ••• 198,149

30701 Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... ............453,296

30702 High Commission—London ... ... ••• 305,152

30703 United Nations Delegation ... ... 250,712

30704 New York Consulate-General ... ... 104,976

30705 High Commission—Lagos ... ••• • • • 83,740

30706 High Commission—Accra ... ... ? •• 49,866

30707 Embassy—Monrovia ... ... ?•? ••• 74,180

30708 Embassy—Conakry ........................57,390

30709 Embassy—Washington........................191,971

30710 Embassy—Moscow ... ... ... ••• 181,277

30711 Embassv-Cairo ........................113,412

30712 Embassv—Bonn ........................130,830

30713 Embassy—Addis Ababa ..................107,548

30715 Embassy—Rome ........................150,890

30716 Embassy—Peking ........................⁶⁴>324

30717 High Commission—Banjul ... ... 55,403

30718 Embassy—Havana ... ... ... ••• 68,512

30719 Embassy—Paris ........................177,952

30801 Ministry of Defence ........................380,099

	r IRST SCHEDULE—continued
> " - / 0, OJ	hern Head of Expenditure	Sum voted
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30802	Military	5,460.182
30901	Ministry of Finance	649,409
30902	Customs and Excise	587,859
30903	Income Tax Department	396,352
30906	Contribution to Development Fund	1329,516
30907	Miscellaneous Services	2,173,886
31001	Ministry of Transport and Communications	114,640
31002	Civil Aviation ...	443,331
3] 003	Meteorology	213,957
31004	Road Transport Division—Headquarters	84,052
31005	Road Transport. Division—Works	636,049
31006	Road Transport Division—Pool Services	231.642
31007	Posts and Telecommunications	1,860.921
31008	Railway Subsidy	895.201
31101	Ministry of Education	3,351,437
31102	Primary Education	4.580.706
31103	Secondary Education	4,672,990
31104	Teacher Edu cation	19,698
31105	Technical Education	378,871
31106	Teaching Aids ...	46,362
31107	Education Subsidies	4,359,613
31201	Ministry of Social Welfare	560,160
31202	Prisons	1,636.031
31203	Community Development Division	886,822
31300	Ministry of Tourrism and Cultural Affairs ...	548,108
31301	Ministry of Health	7,359.668
31401	Ministry of Mines	196.064
31402	Geological Surveys	183.647
31403	Mines Division	294,116
31404	Ministry of Lands	695,386
31501	Ministry of Labour	300,604
31601	Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources	500,990
31602	Agricultural Division	3,149,688
31603	Forestry Conservation	384,407
31604	Rubber Development	89,690
31605	Veterinary Division	341.742
31606	Fisheries Division	187,400
31701	Ministry of Trade and Industry	308,165
31702	Co-operative Department .,.,	298.687
31801	Ministry of Works	1,016,535
31802	Architectural Design, Construction and Maintenance
	Division	1,372,431
31803	Highways, Bridge and Airport Design and Construction
	Division	74,382

FIRST SCHEDULE—continued Head of Expenditure

Highway, Airport, Bridge and Ferry Maintenance

Division Mechanical Division Ministry of Energy and Power Ministry of Housing and Country Planning .. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Sierra Leone Broadcasting Services Printing

Total

SECOND SCHEDULE Head of Expenditure Sum Voted

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Railway ... ... ... ... ... 126,772

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 7th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five.

M. MUNU, 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, Clerk of Parliament,