TONGA
2019/2020 APPROPRIATION ACT 2019 
Act 21 of 2019 
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT 
I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
29th of June 2019. 
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 2019/20 Appropriation Act 2019 and shall be deemed to come into effect on 1 July 2019. 
	2 There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Twenty, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of Four hundred and Ninety Four million, Eight hundred and Twenty One thousand, Three hundred pa'anga for defraying the charge of the Government of Tonga for such period. 
	3 Money appropriated under this Act may be expended only in relation to the purposes set out in this Act. 
	4 The Minister of Finance shall issue and make funds available according to this Act and in accordance to the cash flow forecasts agreed between the head of the entity responsible for the Vote and the Minister of Finance. 
	5 The authority to expend cash or incur expenses or liabilities under this Act will lapse on 30 June 2020. 
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 27th day of June 2019.
SCHEDULE 

Function  	
Vote 	Ministry 	 	Amount 	
1 - - Constitutional  	
01-- 	Palace Office 	 	4,736,900 	
02-- 	Legislative Assembly 	 	10,825,000 	
03-- 	Tonga Office of the Auditor General  	 	2,023,800 	
04-- 	Office of the Ombudsman 	 	1,628,600 	
Total Constitutional  
 	19,214,300 	

2- - External & Defence  	
05-- 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs 	 	10,520,000 	
06-- 	His Majesty’s Armed Forces 	 	10,970,400 	
Total External & Defence  	21,490,400 	
3- - Central Agencies  	
07-- 	Prime Minister’s Office 	 	3,969,700 	
08-- 	Ministry of Finance 	 	117,944,800 	
09-- 	Ministry of Revenue and Customs 	 	10,673,800 	
10-- 	Ministry of Public Enterprises 	 	15,509,700 	
21-- 	Public Service Commission 	 	2,080,500 	

22-- 	Statistics Department 	 	3,418,500 	
Total Central Agencies   	153,597,000	
4- - Law & Order  	
12-- 	Ministry of Justice and Prison 	 	12,929,900 	
13-- 	Attorney General’s Office 	 	3,627,200 	
14-- 	Ministry of Police & Fire Services 	 	16,684,200 	
Total Law & Order   	33,241,300	
5 - - Social  	
15-- 	Ministry of Health 	 	52,771,500 	
16-- 	Ministry of Education & Training 	 	58,085,900 	
17-- 	Ministry of Internal Affairs 	 	22,631,300 	
Total Social	133,488,700	
6- - Economic 	
11-- 	Ministry of Trade and Economic Development 	 	8,139,800 	
18-- 	Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Forests 	 	10,406,300 	
24-- 	Ministry of Fisheries 	 	8,068,200 	
25-- 	Ministry of Tourism 	 	4,968,100 	
Total Economic  	31,582,400	
7- - Infrastructure  	
19-- 	Ministry of Infrastructure 	 	45,363,700 	
20-- 	Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources 	 	13,229,500 	
23-- 	Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Communications and Climate Change 	 	43,614,000 	
 
Total Infrastructure  
 	
102,207,200 	
 
Total  
 	
494,821,300