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    "content": "Order! The very good finance person, I know you are very good in field. However, an Act becomes an Act when it is assented to. Up until the time it is assented to, it is a Bill. The fact that there is an anomaly in the Constitution, Mr. Mungatana who is next to you will probably tell you that there is a bit of a problem here and maybe the Attorney-General would have helped us on that. So do not insist on something that essentially is--- The Chair has given a direction on this: The whole idea of a Vote on Account in the Constitution is designed to assist the Government and the people of the country for the period when the Appropriation Bill is being worked on. It was envisaged by the framers of the Constitution, not just this Constitution, even the old Constitution, that there is always a time period that is needed for the Government to put the Appropriation Bill in place and have it as an Act. In any case, that has also not given the Government a very open cheque. By the end of August, if it does not have it in place, even if Parliament does not pass, there is a shut down. It does not even have to come from a Motion or a resolution of Parliament. If the Appropriation Act is not in place by the end of August, then you cannot withdraw any money from the Consolidated Fund. Proceed!"
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