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Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution no money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund
except under appropriation made by law passed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Supplementary and excess
grants
91. If in respect of any financial year it is found –
(a) that the amount authorised to be expended for a particular service for the current financial year is
insufficient or that a need has arisen for expenditure upon some new service not included in the annual
financial statement for that year; or
(b) that any money has been spent on a service during a financial year in excess of the amount granted for
that service for that year;
the President shall have power to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund whether or not it is
charged by or under the Constitution upon that Fund and shall cause to be laid before Parliament a
supplementary financial statement setting out the estimated amount of the expenditure or, as the case may
be, an excess financial statement setting out the amount of the excess, and the provisions of articles 87 to
90 shall (with the necessary adaptations) apply in relation to those statements as they apply in relation to
the annual financial statement.
92. (1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, Parliament shall have power
(a) to make any grant in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial year
pending the completion of the procedure prescribed in article 89 for the voting of such grant and the passing
of a law in accordance with the provisions of article 90 in relation to that expenditure;
Votes of account, votes of
credit, etc
(b) to make a grant for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of the Republic when on account
of the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service the demand cannot be specified with the details
ordinarily given in an annual financial statement;
(c) to make an exceptional grant which forms no part of the current service of any financial year;
and Parliament shall have power to authorise by law the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Fund
for the purposes for which such grants are made.
(2) The provisions of articles 89 and 90 shall have effect in relation to the making of any grant under clause
(1), and to any law to be made under that clause, as they have effect in relation to the making of a grant
with regard to any expenditure mentioned in the annual financial statement and to the law to be made for
the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund to meet such expenditure.
59[ (3)
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, if, in respect of a
financial year, Parliament
(a) has failed to make the grants under article 89 and pass the law under article 90 before the beginning of
that year and has not also made any grant in advance under this article; or
(b) has failed to make the grants under article 89 and pass the law under article 90 before the expiration of
the period for which the grants in advance, if any, were made under this article,
the President may, upon the advice of the Prime Minister, by order, authorise the withdrawal from the
Consolidated Fund moneys necessary to meet expenditure mentioned in the financial statement for that year
for a period not exceeding sixty days in that year, pending the making of the grants and passing of the
law.]
60[ Omitted]
92A. [Authorisation of expenditure in certain cases. omitted by section 10 of the Constitution (Twelfth
Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. XXVIII of 1991).]
CHAPTER III
ORDINANCE MAKING POWER
Ordinance making power
93. (1) At any time when 61[ Parliament stands dissolved or is not in session], if the President is satisfied
that circumstances exist which render immediate action necessary, he may make and promulgate such
Ordinances as the circumstances appear to him to require, and any Ordinance so made shall, as from its
promulgation have the like force of law as an Act of Parliament:
Provided that no Ordinance under this clause shall make any provision –
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