Inayat Ullah Lak: Director General (PAR) Provincial Assembly of The Punjab

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Director General (PAR)
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
OF PAKISTAN, 1973
Financial Procedure
118. Provincial Consolidated Fund and
Public Account

119. Custody, etc., of Provincial
Consolidated Fund and Public Account
Continues

120. Annual Budget Statement

121. Expenditure charged upon
Provincial Consolidated Fund

Continues
122. Procedure relating to Annual Budget
Statement

123. Authentication of schedule of
authorized expenditure

124. Supplementary and excess grant
Continues
125. Votes on account

126. Power to authorize expenditure when
Assembly stands dissolved

127. Provisions relating to National
Assembly, etc. to apply to Provincial
Assembly, etc
Budget

Budget presents to the
Assembly on such day and at
such time as the Governor
may appoint.

Pre-Budget Discussion
Pre-budget Discussion (Rule 133-A)

(a) The general discussion on budget
proposals at least four days .
(b) The Assembly may recommend the
proposals to the Government for the
next budget.

Financial Accountability
The Assembly exercises its control over the
financial affairs of the Government in two
ways:
(a) Consideration as well as approval of
the budget; and

(b) Consideration of Reports of the Auditor
General of Pakistan.

Demands for Grants
Assembly considers it in two stages:

(a) general discussion on the Budget
as a whole;
(b) discussion and voting on demands
for grants, including voting on
motions for reduction, if any.

Allotment of days
Speaker shall allot days
for different stages of
the Budget.
General Discussion
Assembly may discuss the budget as a
whole or any question of principle involved
therein.

Finance Minister or a Minister acting on his
behalf shall have a right of reply.

Cut motions
A member may move a cut motion to
reduce the amount of a demand in any
of the stages:
(a)That the amount of the demand be
reduced to Rs.1. which is called
Disapproval of Policy Cut.

Continues
(b) That the amount of the demand be
reduced by a specified amount which is
called Economy Cut.

(c) That the amount of the demand be
redcued to Rs.100.00 which is known
as Token Cut.
Notice of Cut Motions

Two clear days notice
Conditions for admissibility of cut
motions
Relate to one demand
Not seek to increase a grant
Arguments, inferences, ironical
expressions, imputations,
epithets or defamatory
statements

Continues
Confine to one specific matter
Not reflect on the character or
conduct of any person
Not make suggestions
Not refer to a matter which is not
primarily the concern of the
Government
Continues
Matter which is under adjudication by a
court of law
Question of privilege
Revive discussion on a matter which has
been discussed in the same session
Shall not anticipate a matter which has
been previously appointed for
consideration
Admissibility of Cut Motions
Speaker decides whether a
cut motion is admissible
under the rules and may
disallow any cut motion on
the plea that it is an abuse
of the right
Voting on demands for grants
Every grant will be discussed separately
On the last day of the days allotted at the
time when the sitting is to terminate, the
Speaker shall forthwith put every question
necessary to dispose of all the outstanding
matters in connection with the demands
for grants.
Cut motions in respect of
expenditure
If a motion for reduction in
respect of any expenditure is
adopted by the Assembly, the
Secretary shall inform the
Government in writing of the
fact of the reduction.
Vote on Account
A motion for vote on account
shall state the total sum
required to be voted and the
various amounts needed for
each Department or item of
expenditure.
Supplementary Budget
Procedure for dealing with
supplementary estimates of
expenditure and excess
demands shall be the same as
prescribed for the budget.
Difference Amongst other
Assemblies
Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and KPK
Rules have identical provisions on
Procedure in Financial Matters but the
difference amongst these rules is
the different number of days fixed
for general discussion (In Punjab
& KPK 4 days, Sindh 5 days,
Balochistan 3 days).

Post Budget Discussion
In Sindh Assembly Rules, there is a provision of
Post Budget Discussion
The Minister for Law and Parliamentary
Affairs, in consultation with the Finance
Minister, shall include, in the list of
business, the general discussion on
release and utilization of budget, on
quarterly basis.
Budget in Lok Sabha, India
331E. Functions
(1) The functions of each of the Standing
Committees shall be:-

(a) to consider the Demands for Grants of the
concerned Ministries/Departments and make
a report on the same to the Houses. The
report shall not suggest anything of the
nature of cut motions.
Continues
(b) to examine such Bills pertaining to the
concerned Ministries/Departments as are
referred to the Committee by the Chairman,
Rajya Sabha or the Speaker, as the case
may be, and make report thereon;
(c) to consider annual reports of
Ministries/Departments and make reports
thereon.
Continues
(d) to consider national basic long term policy
documents presented to the Houses, if
referred to the Committee by the Chairman,
Rajya Sabha or the Speaker, as the case
may be, and make reports thereon.
(2) The Standing Committees shall not consider
the matters of day to day administration of
the concerned Ministries/Departments.
Applicability of provisions relating
to functions
331F. Each of the functions of these
Committees as provided in clauses (a) to
(d) of sub-rule (1) of rule 331E shall be
applicable to the Committees from the
date as may be notified by the Chairman.
Rajya Sabha and the Speaker in respect of
applicability of particular function.
Procedure relating to Demands for
Grants
331G. The following procedure shall be
followed by each of the Standing
committees in their consideration of the
Demands for Grants and making a report
thereon to the Houses:-
(a) after the general discussion on the
Budget in the Houses is over, the Houses
shall be adjourned for a fixed period;
Continues
(b) the Committees shall consider the
Demands for Grants of the concerned
Ministries during the aforesaid
period;

(c) the Committees shall make their report
within the period and shall not ask for
more time;
Continues
(d) the Demands for Grants shall be
considered by the House in the light of
the reports of the Committees; and

(e) there shall be a separate report on the
Demands for Grants of each Ministry.

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