Constitution of Botswana (current consolidated text)
Withdrawals from Consolidated Fund or other public funds
- Jurisdiction
- Botswana
- Provision
- 118
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(1) No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund except— ( a ) to meet expenditure that is charged upon the Fund by this Constitution or by any Act of Parliament; ( b ) where the issue of those moneys has been authorised by an Appropriation Act, by a supplementary estimate approved by resolution of the National Assembly or by a law enacted in pursuance of section 120 of this Constitution. (2) No moneys shall be withdrawn from any public fund of Botswana other than the Consolidated Fund unless the issue of those moneys has been authorised by or under a law. (3) No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund except in the manner prescribed by Parliament. (4) The deposit of any moneys forming part of the Consolidated Fund with a bank or with the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations or the investment of any such moneys in securities in which, under the law for the time being in force in Botswana, trustees are authorised to invest, or the making of advances to such extent and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by Parliament, shall not be regarded as a withdrawal of those moneys from the Fund for the purposes of this section.
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Constitution of Botswana (current consolidated text) · testelaws.botswanalaws.com · Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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