Constitution of India, 1949
206.Votes on account, votes of credit and
exceptional grants.-
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing
provisions of this Chapter, the Legislative Assembly of a State 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 203 for the
voting of such grant and the passing of the law in accordance with the
provisions of article 204 in relation to that expenditure;
(b) to make a grant
for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of the State when on
account of the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service the demand
cannot be stated 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 the Legislature of the State shall have power to authorize by law the
withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Fund of the State for the purposes
for which the said grants are made.
(2) The provisions of articles 203 and 204
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 the State to meet such
expenditure.