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APPROPRIATION BILL (2022) H.B 6, 2020

PRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BILL
To apply a sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during the year ending on the
31st December, 2022.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (2022) Act, 2021.
2 Interpretation
In this Act—
“Estimates of Expenditure” means the Estimates of Expenditure for the year ending on the 31st
December, 2022 submitted to and passed by the National Assembly;
“Vote” means a vote appropriation for the year ending on the 31st December, 2022, as specified
in the Estimates of Expenditure.
3 Consolidated Revenue Fund charged with $ 858 691 742 000
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is hereby charged with such sums of money as may be required
for the service of Zimbabwe during the year ending on the 31st December, 2022, not exceeding in
aggregate the sum of eight hundred and fifty-eight billion six hundred and ninety-one million seven
hundred and forty-two thousand dollars.
4 Application of moneys granted
Subject to section 17(5) of the Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19] (No. 11 of
2009), the moneys appropriated shall be applied to the services detailed in the Schedule and more
particularly specified in the Estimates of Expenditure.
5 Power of Minister of Finance and Economic Development to authorise transfers
between Votes
(1) Where, in the case of any moneys appropriated by section 3 in respect of a particular Vote set
out in the Schedule which are to be applied in terms of section 4 to any particular service specified in
the Estimates of Expenditure, the administration or provision of such service is assigned to a different
Ministry, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development may direct that any portion of the
moneys appropriated in respect of the first-mentioned Vote be transferred to such other Vote as relates
to the Ministry to which the administration or provision of the service concerned has been assigned.
(2) In the case of moneys appropriated by section 3 in respect of the Unallocated Reserve of Vote
5, amounting to $ 27 501 629 000 under Programme 3, Sub Programme 1, the Minister of Finance and
Economic Development may direct that any of the moneys so appropriated be transferred to the Vote
of any other Ministry for the purpose concerned, and any moneys so transferred shall not be applied
for any other purpose:
Provided that, if any moneys so transferred are not required for the purpose concerned, the
Minister of Finance and Economic Development may direct the transfer of the moneys back to
Unallocated Reserve of Vote 5.
(3) Moneys transferred in terms of subsections (1) and (2) shall be accounted for as if they had
been appropriated by section 4 to the Vote to which they are so transferred, and shall be deemed to
have been so appropriated.