(1) If it appears to the Minister for the time being responsible
for finance that-
a) there is an urgent need to incur expenditure;
b) no provision exist for that expenditure in any appropriation law or other
law; and
c) it would not be in the public interest to delay the authorization of that
expenditure until such time as a supplementary estimate can be laid before the
National Assembly,
the Minister may, by special warrant, authorize the issue from the
Consolidated Fund of the money required to meet that expenditure:
Provided that the total such for the time being authorized to be issued under
this subsection, for which no provisions has been made by an appropriation law,
shall not exceed such amount as may be prescribed by Parliament.
(2) Where in any financial year any expenditure has been authorized by
special warrant under subsection (1) the Minister for the time being responsible
for finance shall cause a supplementary estimate relating to that expenditure to
be laid before the National Assembly at the first sitting of the Assembly
occurring after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the warrant and
a supplementary appropriation bill shall be introduced in the Assembly providing
for the issue of the sums authorized to be spent and appropriating them to the
purposed specified therein.