TONGA

1997-98 APPROPRIATION ACT, 1997

No. 5 of 1997.
I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
1st July, 1997.
AN ACT
TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT
[1st July, 1997].
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 1997-98 Appropriation Act, 1997 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July 1997.
2. There shall be issued from general revenue and other funds of the Kingdom and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and ninety eight any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of sixty three million and eleven thousand three hundred and ninety nine pa'anga for defraying the charge of the Government of Tonga for such period for the purposes set out in the Schedule.
3. The Minister of Finance shall issue and pay such sums for the purposes set out in the Schedule not exceeding in the whole the sums respectively in that behalf as the Prime Minister shall 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 of 30th June 1998 any balance therefore unissued at the end of the month of June 1998 shall lapse and not be available for making payments in any subsequent month.
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 1st day of July, 1997.
SCHEDULE
Vote	Ministry	Amount	
01x	H.M The King	1,007,215	
02x	Legislative Assembly	1,499,770	
03x	Prime Minister's Office	2,789,739	
04x	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	1,997,065	
05x	Governor, Ha'apai	70,526	
06x	Governor, Vava'u	89,024	
07x	Ministry of Lands, Survey & Natural Resources	1,361,823	
09x	Printing Department	771,162	
10x	Ministry of Justice	745,442	
11x	Ministry of Police	3,072,200	
12x	Crown Law Department	311,602	
13x	Defence	3,250,068	
14x	Ministry of Finance	3,181,461	
18x	Audit Department	364,582	
19x	Ministry of Education	11,618,146	
20x	Ministry of Health	8,267,713	
21x	Civil Pensions and Gratuities	2,250,000	
22x	Prisons Department	520,773	
23x	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	3,021,855	
24x	Ministry of Fisheries	893,811	
25x	Central Planning Department	467,280	
26x	Ministry of Labour, Commerce &  Industires	1,037,032	
27x	Tonga Visitors Bureau	908,500	
28x	Ministry of Works	3,059,109	
29x	Ministry of Civil Aviation	1,715,387	
30x	Ministry of Marine and Ports	1,030,507	
32x	Public Debt	6,393,100	
33x	Financial Appropriations	1,316,507	
TOTAL	$63,011,399