section 43
Payments not to be made out of Municipal Fund unless covered by budget grant.
The Sikkim Municipalities Act, 2007No payment of any sum out of the Municipal Fund shall be made unless such expenditure is covered by a current bucqet grant and a sufficient balance of such budget grant is available, notwithstanding any reduction or transfer ther"eof under any provision of this Act: Provided that this section shall not apply to any payment in the following cases :- (a) refund of taxes and other moneys which are authorized by this Act, (b) repayment of moneys belonging to contractors or other persons and held in deposit and all moneys collected by the Municipality or credited to the Municipal Fund by mistake, (c) temporary payment for works urgently required by the State Government in the public interest, ~a) expenses incurred by the Municipality 0(1 special measures on the outbreak of dangerous diseases, or for dealing effectively with natural or technological hazards, or in any other emergent case, (e) sums payable as compensation under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder, (f) sums payable - (i) under the orders of the State Government on failure of the Municipality to take any action required by the State Government under any provision of this Act, or' (ii) under any other law for the time being in force, or (iii) under the decree or order of a civil or criminal court aqainst the Municipality, or (iv) under a compromise of any claim, suit or other legal proceeding, or (v) on account of the cost incurred in taking immediate action by any of the municipal authorities referred to in section 20 to avert a sudden threat or danger to the property of the Municipality or to human life, and (g) such other cases as may be determined by regulations.
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