Provided that, for a period of ten years from the commencing day or the holding of the second
general election to the National Assembly, whichever occurs later, a demand shall be deemed to have
been assented to without any reduction of the amount specified therein, unless, by the votes of a
majority of the total membership of the Assembly, it is refused or assented to subject to a reduction of
the amount specified therein.
(3) No demand for a grant shall be made except on the recommendation of the Federal
Government.
83. Authentication of schedule of authorized expenditure. (1) The Prime Minister shall
authenticate by his signature a schedule specifying—
(a) the grants made or deemed to have been made by the National Assembly under Article
82; and
(b) the several sums required to meet the expenditure charged upon the Federal Consolidated
Fund but not exceeding, in the case of any sum, the sum shown in the statement
previously laid before the National Assembly.
(2) The schedule so authenticated shall be laid before the National Assembly, but shall not be
open to discussion or vote thereon.
(3) Subject to the Constitution, no expenditure from the Federal Consolidated Fund shall be
deemed to be duly authorized unless it is specified in the schedule so authenticated and such schedule
is laid before the National Assembly as required by clause (2).
84. Supplementary and excess grants. If in respect of any financial year it is found—
(a) that the amount authorized to be expended for a particular service for the current financial
year is insufficient, or that a need has arisen for expenditure upon some new service not
included in the Annual Budget Statement for that year; or
(b) that any money has been spent on any service during a financial year in excess of the
amount granted for that service for that year;
the Federal Government shall have power to authorize expenditure from the Federal Consolidated
Fund, whether the expenditure is charged by the Constitution upon that Fund or not, and shall cause
to be laid before the National Assembly Supplementary Budget Statement or, as the case may be, an
Excess Budget Statement, setting out the amount of that expenditure, and the provisions of Articles
80 to 83 shall apply to those statements as they apply to the Annual Budget Statement.
85. Votes on account. Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions relating to
financial matters, the National Assembly shall have power to make any grant in advance in respect of
the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial year, not exceeding four months, pending
completion of the procedure prescribed in Article 82 for the voting of such grant and the
authentication of the schedule of authorized expenditure in accordance with the provisions of Article
83 in relation to the expenditure.
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