The Accountant General or a public officer authorized by him or her must, before a payment of settlement is made, pre-audit the payment instrument to ensure that—
(a) an item of expenditure is correctly charged according to the Estimates for the current financial year;
(b) the authority for the payment is correctly stated;
(c) the proper person signing as the accounting officer;
(d) the correct certificate is attached to the payment instrument;
(e) the amount and currency is correctly stated;
(f) the payment represents a fair charge against the Consolidated Fund;
(g) alterations on the face of the payment instrument or the particulars related to the alterations are correctly initialed by the accounting officer;
(h) the deductions due to be made from the payment are correctly made.