Budget of Council

(1)

1. (a) The Council shall, by such date in each year as may be prescribed by rules, submit to the State Government for approval a budget in the prescribed form for the next financial year, showing the estimated receipts and expenditure, and the sums which would be required from the State Government during that financial year.
2. (b) If any sum granted by the State Government remains wholly or partly unspent in any financial year, the unspent sum may be carried forward to the next financial year and taken into account in determining the sum to be provided by the State Government for that year.

1. (2) No sum shall be expended by or on behalf of the Council unless the expenditure is covered by provision in the budget approved by the State Government.