Constitution of India, 1949
116. Votes on account,
votes of credit and exceptional grants.-
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing
provisions of this Chapter, the House of the People shall have power-
(a) to make any grant
in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial
year pending the completion of the procedure prescribed in article 113 for the
voting of such grant and the passing of the law in accordance with the
provisions of article 114 in relation to that expenditure;
(b) to make a grant
for meeting an unexpected demand upon there sources of India when on account of
the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service the demand cannot be
stand with the details ordinarily given in an annual financial statement;
(c) to make an
exceptional grant which forms no part of the current service of any financial
year; and Parliament shall have power to authorize by law the withdrawal of
moneys from the Consolidated Fund of India for the purposes for which the said
grants are made.
(2) The provisions of articles 113 and 114
shall have effect in relation to the making of any grant under clause (1) and
to any law to be made under that clause as they have effect in relation to the
making of a grant with regard to any expenditure mentioned in the annual
financial statement and the law to be made for the authorization of
appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India to meet such
expenditure.