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Article 267 of the Constitution of India

Article
267
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General
Index row title
(1) Parliament may by law establish a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
172d5aa8-f35f-4534-be30-965b648e9a2b

170 words

Verbatim text

entitled “the Contingency Fund of India” into which shall be paid from time to time such sums as may bedetermined by such law, and the said Fund shall beplaced at the disposal of the President to enable advancesto be made by him out of such Fund for the purposes ofmeeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such expenditure by Parliament by law under article 115 or article 116. (2) The Legislature of a State may by law establish a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to beentitled “the Contingency Fund of the State” into whichshall be paid from time to time such sums as may bedetermined by such law, and the said Fund shall beplaced at the disposal of the Governor 1***of the State to enable advances to be made by him out of such Fund for the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such expenditure by theLegislature of the State by law under article 205 orarticle 206. Distribution of Revenues between the Union and the States

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  • The index files this text under article 267 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—F INANCE — General”.
  • The passage runs to about 170 words.

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