TONGA

1996-97 DEVELOPMENT FUND APPROPRIATION ACT 1996

No. 4 of 1996.
I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
28th June, 1996.
AN ACT
TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT
[27th June, 1996.]
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:-
1. This Act may be cited as The 1996-97 Development Fund Appropriation Act 1996 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1996.
2. There shall be issued from the Development Fund of the Kingdom and applied to the service of the year ending on the 30th June, 1997 sum or sums of thirty four million, nine hundred and thirty five thousand, six hundred and twenty eight pa'anga for defraying the charges of the Government of Tonga for such period. Such amount shall be appropriated to the purposes in the Schedule of this Act.
3. The Treasurer shall issue and pay such sum or sums of money for the purposes expressed in the Schedule not exceeding in the whole the sums respectively in that behalf as the Prime Minister shall by warrant under his hand direct.
4. The moneys granted by this Act are intended for the services in respect of which moneys will become payable within the financial year ending on 30th June, 1997 and any balance thereof unissued at the end of the month of June, 1997 shall lapse and not be available for making payment in any subsequent month.
Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 27th Day of June, 1996
SCHEDULE
Vote	Ministry	Amount	
01x	H.M. The King	$1,482.00	
02x	Legislative Assembly	0	
03x	Prime Minister's Office	2,228,074.00	
04x	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	1,494,000.00	
05x	Governor, Ha'apai	0	
06x	Governor, Vava'u	0	
07x	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources	3,677,331.00	
09x	Printing Department	200,002.00	
10x	Ministry of Justice	915,486.00	
11x	Ministry of Police	17,939	
12x	Crown Law Department	0	
13x	Defence	0	
14x	Ministry of Finance	3,044,365.00	
18x	Audit Department	1,100.00	
19x	Ministry of Education	5,563,142.00	
20x	Ministry of Health	888,268.00	
21x	Civil Pensions and Gratuities	0	
22x	Prisons Department	1,001.00	
23x	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	3,009,801.00	
24x	Ministry of Fisheries	760,811.00	
25x	Central Planning Department	2,373,712.00	
26x	Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries	606,024.00	
27x	Tonga Visitors Bureau	638,010.00	
28x	Ministry of Works	8,671,084.00	
29x	Ministry of Civil Aviation	783,970.00	
30x	Ministry of Marine and Ports	60,026.00	
32x	Public Debt	0	
33x	Financial Appropriations	0	
Total	$34,935,628.00