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GOMA.25

13. (1) The estimated annual expenditure and revenue of the State shall be laid in the form of a statement before the Council in each year, and the proposals of the Government for the appropriation of revenues and other moneys in any year shall be submitted to the vote of the Council in the form of demands for grants. The Council may assent, or refuse to assent, to a demand, or reduce the amount therein referred to either by a reduction of the whole grant or by the omission or reduction of any of the items of expenditure of which the grant is composed:

Provided as follows :-

(a) The Government shall have power, in relation to any such demand, to act as if it had been assented to notwithstanding the withholding of such assent or the reduction of the amount therein referred to, if the Government considers that the expenditure provided for by the demand is necessary for the carrying on of any department or for the discharge of Government’s responsibility.

(b) The Government shall have power in cases of emergency to authorise such expenditure as may, in its opinion, be necessary for the safety or tranquillity of the State or any part thereof, or for the discharge of Government’s responsibility.

(2) The proposals of the Government for the appropriation of revenues and other moneys for expenditure on the following heads shall not be submitted to the vote of the Council, nor shall they be open to discussion by the Council:-

(i) The Palace including the staff and household of His Highness the Maharaja;

(ii) The Military forces of His Highness the Maharaja;

(iii) The pensions of public servants.

(iv) Expenditure–

(a) on matters pertaining to or affecting the relations of His Highness the Maharaja with the Paramount Power or with other States; and

(b) on matters governed by treaties or conventions or agreements now in force or hereafter to be made by His Highness the Maharaja with the Paramount Power;

(v) Interest on loans and charges on account of sinking funds guaranteed at the time of raising the loans;

(vi) Expenditure of which the amount is prescribed by or under any law.

If any question arises whether any proposed appropriation of moneys does or does not relate to the above heads of expenditure, the decision of the Dewan or ex-officio Member presiding at a meeting shall be final.