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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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29. Advance warrant

(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may, by advance warrant under his or her hand, authorise the Accountant General to make disbursements of monies forming part of the Consolidated Fund or of other public monies for the purpose of making advances—
1. (a) on behalf of, and recoverable from, other Governments and organisations;
1. (b) to, or on account of, trusts and other funds administered by the Government;
1. (c) to, or on behalf of, public bodies, institutions, accounting officers or other individuals where those advances are, in the opinion of the Minister, in the public interest and are recoverable within a period not exceeding 12 months after the close of the financial year in which those advances are made;
1. (d) to public officers for any purposes and on terms as may be determined; or
1. (e) for the purpose of expenditure authorised by an enactment which permits the raising of loans in anticipation of raising such a loan.

(2) The total of the sums issued and disbursed for the purpose of making advances under subsections (1)(c) and (1)(d) shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time, after deducting repayments, 2% of the recurrent revenue for the previous financial year.

29. Advance warrant

3. Powers and duties of the Minister

4. Powers and duties of Director of Finance and Planning

5. Powers and duties of Accountant General

6. Accounting Officers

7. Payment into the Consolidated Fund

8. Payment from the Consolidated Fund

9. Special Funds

10. Trust Funds

11. Contingency Fund

12. Accounting for public monies

13. Consolidated Fund General Services

14. Development Programme Account

15. Departmental Accounts

16. Annual Accounts

17. Special accounts

18. Laying of accounts

19. Annual Estimates

20. Appropriation

21. Supplementary appropriation

21A. Special Warrants

22. Authorisation of expenditure in advance of appropriation

23. Reallocation

25. Lapse of appropriatons and warrants

26. Authority for payment

27. General warrant

28. Provisional General warrant

30. Imprest warrant

31. Departmental warrant

32. Lapse of warrant

33. Bank accounts

34. Investment of monies

37. Unclaimed deposits

38. Borrowing by means of advances

39. Loans and authority to sign thereof

40. Proceeds of loan

42. Public debt

43. Abandonment of claims and write-off of losses

44. Gift of stores or other property

45. Power to surcharge

46. Grounds for surcharge

47. Notification of surcharge

48. Appeal against surcharge

49. Withdrawal of surcharge

50. Recovery of surcharge

51. Definitions and application

52. Estimates of expenditure

53. Annual report and accounts

54. Rules and Regulations

Procurement and Stores Regulations – Section 54

41. Restrictions on guarantees

43. Set-off, abandonment of claims and write-off of losses

Financial Regulations – Section 54