Article 117 – Expenditure from Federal Consolidated Fund or Federal Government Fund

No expenditure shall be incurred out of the Federal Consolidated Fund or any other federal government fund, other than the following:

• (a)
  Money charged to the Federal Consolidated Fund,
• (b)
  Money required to meet expenditure under an Appropriation Act,
• (c)
  Advance money authorized by an Act required to meet expenditures, when an Appropriation Bill is under consideration, or
• (d)
  Expenditures to be incurred in extraordinary circumstances under a Vote of Credit Act which contains only a description of expenditure.

Provided that, matters relating to the Contingency Fund shall be governed in accordance with Article 124.