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Act No. 32 of 1961.

Power to deal with matters proper to be dealt with by private Bill legislation.

87. In regard to any matter which requires to be dealt with by means of a private Act of Parliament, the provincial council of the province to which the matter relates may, subject to such procedure as may be prescribed by Parliament, take evidence by means of a select committee or otherwise for and against the passing of such law, and, upon receipt of a report from such council, together with the evidence upon which it is founded, Parliament may pass such Act without further evidence being taken in support thereof.

Constitution of Provincial Revenue Fund.

88. (1) (a) There shall be a provincial revenue fund in every province, into which shall be paid all revenues raised by or accruing to the provincial council and all moneys paid over by the State President to the provincial council.

(b) The provincial revenue fund shall be appropriated by the provincial council by ordinance for the purposes of the provincial administration generally, or, in the case of moneys paid over by the State President for particular purposes, then for such purposes, but no such ordinance shall be passed by the provincial council unless the administrator has first recommended to the council to make provision for the specific service for which the appropriation is to be made.

(c) No money shall be issued from the provincial revenue fund except in accordance with such appropriation and under warrant signed by the administrator.

(2) The State President may make regulations for the provinces prescribing―

(a)

the form of estimates required for presentation to the provincial council;

(b)

the system which shall be observed for―

(i)

the collection, receipt, banking, custody, issue, expenditure, care and management of provincial moneys as defined in paragraph (b) of sub-section (4) of section ninety-one; and

(ii)

the control of stores;

(c)

the officers or other persons who shall receive, hold, issue, account for, manage or otherwise deal with such provincial moneys, stores, stamps or securities, and the duties and responsibilities of such officers or persons,

and generally for the better administration of the provincial revenue fund.

(3) The administrator of a province may, subject to the laws relating to education, authorize every educational institution in the province which is specified in a list published by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette, to retain and apply such of its revenues and other moneys received by it, as the administrator may from time to time determine, for the purpose of meeting its expenditure, and such revenues and other moneys shall, notwithstanding

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