84 No. 2 of 2016] Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) (2) Clause (1) does not apply to monies— (a) prescribed for a public fund established for a specific purpose; or (b) that a State organ or State institution may retain for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State organ or State institution, as prescribed. Withdrawal from Consolidated Fund 201. (1) Monies shall not be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund except— (a) to meet expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund by this Constitution or as prescribed; or (b) where the issuance of those monies has been authorised by a warrant signed by the President, an Appropriation Act or a Supplementary Appropriation Act in accordance with Article 203. (2) The investment or lending of monies forming part of the Consolidated Fund, in accordance with Articles 206 and 207, respectively, shall not be considered a withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund. Annual financial estimates of revenue and expenditure 202. (1) The Minister responsible for finance shall prepare and lay before the National Assembly in each financial year, not later than ninety days before the commencement of the next financial year, estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Republic. (2) The Minister responsible for finance shall, when presenting the estimates of revenue and expenditure, in accordance with clause (1), specify the maximum limits that the Government intends to borrow or lend in that financial year. (3) In a year where a general election is held, the Minister responsible for finance shall cause to be prepared and laid before the National Assembly, within ninety days of the swearing in of the President, estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Republic for the next financial year. (4) The National Assembly may vary estimates of revenue and expenditure but shall not amend the total amount of estimates of revenue and expenditure. (5) The National Assembly shall, by a resolution of the Members of Parliament, approve the financial estimates of revenue and expenditure for the next financial year.

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