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The constitution and laws of Belize
FINANCE
99. All revenues or other moneys raised or received by Belize (not being revenues or other moneys payable under any law into some other public fund established for a specific purpose) shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund except to meet expenditure charge upon the Fund by the Constitution or by an Act of the National Assembly, or where the issue of those moneys has been authorized by an appropriate law.
100. The Minister responsible for Finance shall lay before the House of Representatives in each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditure of Belize for the next financial year. If in any financial year the amount appropriated for any purpose is insufficient, or a need arises for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount of money was appropriated, or moneys have been spent in excess of that appropriated, a supplementary estimate showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the House of Representatives.
101. The National Assembly may make provision to allow the Minister responsible for Finance to authorize expenditure necessary to carry on the services of Government for a specified period. The National Assembly may also provide for the establishment of a Contingencies Fund and authorize the Minister responsible for Finance to make advances from this Fund to meet any urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure for which no other provision exists.
102. The salaries and allowances of the Governor-General and certain other officers, including the Chief Justice, Justices of Appeal, Supreme Court Judges, members of the Belize Advisory Council and the Public Services Commission, members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Auditor-General, shall be a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
103. There shall be an Auditor-General for Belize, whose office shall be a public, office. He shall be appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Public Services Commission with the concurrence of the Prime Minister after consulting the Leader of the Opposition. He shall audit and report annually on the public accounts of Belize, and of all officers, courts and authorities of Belize. The Auditor-General shall submit his reports annually to the Minister responsible for Finance to be laid before the House of Representatives. If the Minister responsible for Finance fails to lay any such reports before the House of Representatives within the prescribed time, the Auditor-General shall transmit copies of the reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for presentation to the House. In the exercise of his functions, the Auditor-General shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.
104. The Auditor-General shall be removed from office only for inability to perform his functions or for misbehavior by the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council.
105. The public debt of Belize shall be a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
106. The Governor-General, members of the National Assembly, the Belize Advisory Council, the Public Services Commission, and the Elections and Boundaries Commission, public officers, officers of statutory corporations and government agencies and such other officers as the National Assembly may prescribe, have a duty to conduct themselves in such a way as not:
a. to place themselves in positions in which they have or could have a conflict of interest;
b. to compromise the fair exercise of their public or official functions and duties;
c. to use their office for private gain;
d. to demean their office or position;
e. to allow their integrity to be called into question; or,
f. to endanger or diminish respect for, or confidence in, the integrity of the Government of Belize.
107. The Government of Belize will establish a representative committee which will, as a matter of priority, consider and make proposals on national symbols for Belize. These proposals will be put before the House of Representatives. The Constitution will provide for the proposals adopted by the House of Representatives to be part of the Constitution.
NICHOLAS RIDLEY C.L.B. ROGERS
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Constitution of Belize
Chapter I - The State And The Constitution1. The State 2. Constitution Is Supreme Law
Chapter II - Protection Of Fundamental Rights And Freedoms3. Fundamental Rights And Freedoms 4. Protection Of Right To Life 5. Protection Of Right To Personal Liberty 7. Protection From Inhuman Treatment 8. Protection From Slavery And Forced Labor 9. Protection From Arbitrary Search Or Entry 10. Protection Of Freedom Of Movement 11. Protection Of Freedom Of Conscience 12. Protection Of Freedom Of Expression 13. Protection Of Freedom Of Assembly And Association 14. Protection Of Right Of Privacy 15. Protection Of Right To Work 16. Protection From Discrimination On The Grounds Or Race, Etc 17. Protection From Deprivation Of Property 18. Provisions For Periods Of Public Emergency 19. Protection Of Persons Detained Under Emergency Laws 20. Enforcement Of Protective Provisions 21. Protection Of Existing Laws 22. Interpretation And Savings
Chapter III - Citizenship23. Person Who Become Citizens On Independence Day 24. Person Born In Belize On Or After Independence Day 25. Person Born Outside Belize On Or After Independence Day 26. Registration 27. Avoidance Of Dual Nationality 29. Interpretation
Chapter IV - The Governor-general32. Oath To Be Taken By Governor-general 33. Deputy To Governor-general 34. Exercise Of Governor-general's Functions 35. Governor-general To Be Informed Concerning Matters Of Government
Chapter V - The Executive37. Prime Minister 39. Performance Of Functions Of Prime Minister During Absence Or Illness 41. Allocation Of Portfolios To Ministers 42. Attorney General 43. Performance Of Functions Of Minister During Absence Or Illness 44. Cabinet 45. Deputy Minister 46. Oath To Be Taken By Ministers Etc. 50. Control Of Public Prosecutions 51. Constitution Of Offices Etc 53. Procedure In Capital Cases Chapter VI - The Legislature55. Establishment Of Legislature
The House Of Representatives56. Composition Of House Of Representatives 57. Qualifications For Election As Member 58. Disqualifications For Election As Member 59. Tenure Of Office Of Members 60. Speaker And Deputy Speaker
The Senate62. Qualifications For Appointment As Senator 63. Disqualifications For Appointment As Senator 64. Tenure Of Office Of Senator 65. Appointment Of Temporary Senators 66. President And Vice-president 67. Clerks To Houses Of National Assembly
Powers And Procedure69. Alteration Of Constitution 70. Regulation Of Procedure In National Assembly, Etc 71. Oath To Be Taken By Members Of National Assembly 72. Presiding In House Of Representatives And Senate 73. Voting 76. Quorum 77. Introduction Of Bills, Etc 78. Restriction On Powers Of Senate As To Money Bills 79. Restriction On Powers Of Senate As To Bill Other Than Money Bills 80. Provisions Relating To Sections 77, 78 And 79 81. Mode Of Exercise Of Legislative Power 83. Sessions Of Legislature, Etc 84. Prorogation And Dissolution Of Legislature 85. General Elections And Appointment Of Senators 86. Determination Of Questions As To Membership Of National Assembly 87. Unqualified Persons Sitting Or Voting 88. Election And Boundaries Commission 90. Increase Of Electoral Divisions 91. Redivision Of Electoral Divisions Chapter VII - The Judiciary94. Establishment Of Supreme Court And Court Of Appeal 96. Reference Of Constitutional Questions To Supreme Court 97. Appointment Of Justices Of Supreme Court 98. Tenure of office of justices of Supreme Court 99. Oath To Be Taken By Justices Of Supreme Court 100. Appeals To The Court Of Appeal 101. Appointment of justices of appeal 102. Tenure of office of justices of appeal 103. Oath to be taken by justice of appeal 104. Appeals to her majesty in council
Chapter VIII - The Public Service105. Public Services Commission 106. Appointment, Etc. Of Public Officers 107. Appointment, etc. of permanent secretaries and certain other officers 108. Director of public prosecutions 109. Auditor General 110. Appointment, etc, of junior police officers 111. Appeals in discipline cases 112. Pension laws and protection of pension rights 113. Grant and withholding of pensions, etc
Chapter IX - Finance114. Establishment of consolidated revenue fund 115. Authorization of expenditure from consolidated revenue fund 116. Authorization of expenditure in advance of appropriation 117. Contingencies Fund 118. Remuneration of certain officers 119. Public Debt 120. Audit of public accounts, etc
Chapter X - Miscellaneous121. Code of conduct 122. National Symbols 123. Powers of appointment and acting appointments 124. Reappointments and concurrent appointments 125. Removal from office 126. Resignations 127. Saving for jurisdiction of courts 128. Power to amend and revoke instruments, etc 129. Consultation 130. National Seal 131. Interpretation |