Le Dr Navin Ramgoolam va présenter une motion lors de la séance parlementaire du 15 avril 2025 pour implemener le Performance-Bases Budgeting dans les Standing Orders notamment la 73.
“This Assembly is of opinion that in view of the enactment of the Finance and Audit (Amendment) Act 2025 and the introduction of Performance-Based Budgeting, it is necessary and expedient that the Standing Orders Committee be, and is hereby, empowered to look into the Standing Orders and Rules of the National Assembly 1995 presently in force, more specifically Standing Order 73, with a view to making recommendations for the necessary changes to be brought to the provisions relating to the procedure in connection with the Appropriation Bill”.
Standing Order 73
Appropriation Bill
73.
(1) During each year, there shall be introduced into the Assembly an Appropriation Bill which shall provide for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of the sums necessary to meet the estimated financial requirements for expenditure in respect of all the services of the Government for the succeeding financial year and for the appropriation of those sums by vote of expenditure. The details of these financial requirements shall be in conformity with the schedules to the Bill and with the Estimates which shall, at the same time, be laid before the Assembly.
(2) After the motion for the second reading of the Bill has been made and seconded, the debate thereon shall be adjourned until the next sitting and, when resumed, shall be confined to the general principles of Government policy and administration as indicated by the Bill and the Estimates.
(3) When the Bill has been read a second time, it shall stand committed to a Committee of the whole Assembly, to be called the Committee of Supply, to which the Estimates shall then also stand referred. Discussions at the Committee shall be confined to the details of the Estimates and shall not refer to the general principles of Government policy and administration.
(4) There may be allotted a maximum number of days to be determined by the Speaker, after such consultation with Members as he or she may deem fit, for discussion of the Appropriation Bill with the Estimates in the Committee of Supply or for consideration of any Vote on Account. The Speaker may allot the time to be given for each Vote of Expenditure specified in the schedules to the Appropriation Bill and for the clauses of that Bill.
If in the case of any Vote or clause the end of the allotted time is reached before the Vote or clause is disposed of, the Chairperson shall put forthwith any question necessary to dispose of that Vote or clause.
(5) The schedules to an Appropriation Bill shall be dealt with before theclauses of the Bill.
(6) On the consideration of a schedule, the Chairperson shall call the title of each Vote of Expenditure in turn, and unless any amendment thereto is thereupon moved, shall propose the question “That the sum of Rs … for Vote … stand part of the schedule”.
(7) Any Member may move an amendment to reduce by Rs … the sum
to be allotted for any Vote of Expenditure in respect of any sub-head or item therein. No motion for the reduction of any item provided by statute can be presented. (8)
(a) When several amendments are proposed to the same Vote of Expenditure, they shall be disposed of in the order in which the sub-heads or items to which they relate appear in the Estimates, and debate on each amendment shall be confined to the sub-head or item which is sought to be reduced.
(b) When several amendments are proposed to the same sub-head
or item, the amendment seeking the smallest reduction shall be first proposed and an amendment to omit the sub-head or item shall only be proposed after all motions for reduction have been disposed of.
(9) No amendment for an increase in the sum allocated for any Vote, sub-head or item, or the addition of a new Vote, sub-head or item, shall be made except on the motion of a Minister who shall signify to the Assembly the recommendation or consent of the President of the Republic to such increase or addition in accordance with the provisions of this Standing Order.
(10) A motion for the re-committal of the Appropriation Bill can only be moved by a Minister.
(11) When all amendments in respect of any particular Vote of Expenditure
have been disposed of, the Chairperson shall propose the question “That the sum (or the amended sum) of Rs …. for Vote …. stand part of the schedule”.
(11 A) On the question “That the sum (or the amended sum) of Rs ….for Vote …. stand part of the schedule”, discussion shall be confined to the details of expenditure contained in the Vote and shall not refer to the general principles of Government policy and administration.
(12) When an Appropriation Bill has been considered and passed through the
Committee, the Assembly shall resume, and the Chairperson of the Committee shall report the Bill to the Assembly with or without amendment.
(13) The third reading of the Appropriation Bill shall take place not earlier than the sitting following that at which the Bill is reported.
(14) Not less than one clear day after the date on which an Estimate of Supplementary Expenditure is laid on the Table of the Assembly, the Minister of Finance, or such other Member of the Assembly as the President of the Republic may appoint, shall move that the said Estimate be referred to the Committee of Supply.
(1) During each year, there shall be introduced into the Assembly an Appropriation Bill which shall provide for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of the sums necessary to meet the estimated financial requirements for expenditure in respect of all the services of the Government for the succeeding financial year and for the appropriation of those sums by vote of expenditure. The details of these financial requirements shall be in conformity with the schedules to the Bill and with the Estimates which shall, at the same time, be laid before the Assembly.
(2) After the motion for the second reading of the Bill has been made and seconded, the debate thereon shall be adjourned until the next sitting and, when resumed, shall be confined to the general principles of Government policy and administration as indicated by the Bill and the Estimates.
(3) When the Bill has been read a second time, it shall stand committed to a Committee of the whole Assembly, to be called the Committee of Supply, to which the Estimates shall then also stand referred. Discussions at the Committee shall be confined to the details of the Estimates and shall not refer to the general principles of Government policy and administration.
(4) There may be allotted a maximum number of days to be determined by the Speaker, after such consultation with Members as he or she may deem fit, for discussion of the Appropriation Bill with the Estimates in the Committee of Supply or for consideration of any Vote on Account. The Speaker may allot the time to be given for each Vote of Expenditure specified in the schedules to the Appropriation Bill and for the clauses of that Bill.
If in the case of any Vote or clause the end of the allotted time is reached before the Vote or clause is disposed of, the Chairperson shall put forthwith any question necessary to dispose of that Vote or clause.
(5) The schedules to an Appropriation Bill shall be dealt with before theclauses of the Bill.
(6) On the consideration of a schedule, the Chairperson shall call the title of each Vote of Expenditure in turn, and unless any amendment thereto is thereupon moved, shall propose the question “That the sum of Rs … for Vote … stand part of the schedule”.
(7) Any Member may move an amendment to reduce by Rs … the sum
to be allotted for any Vote of Expenditure in respect of any sub-head or item therein. No motion for the reduction of any item provided by statute can be presented. (8)
(a) When several amendments are proposed to the same Vote of Expenditure, they shall be disposed of in the order in which the sub-heads or items to which they relate appear in the Estimates, and debate on each amendment shall be confined to the sub-head or item which is sought to be reduced.
(b) When several amendments are proposed to the same sub-head
or item, the amendment seeking the smallest reduction shall be first proposed and an amendment to omit the sub-head or item shall only be proposed after all motions for reduction have been disposed of.
(9) No amendment for an increase in the sum allocated for any Vote, sub-head or item, or the addition of a new Vote, sub-head or item, shall be made except on the motion of a Minister who shall signify to the Assembly the recommendation or consent of the President of the Republic to such increase or addition in accordance with the provisions of this Standing Order.
(10) A motion for the re-committal of the Appropriation Bill can only be moved by a Minister.
(11) When all amendments in respect of any particular Vote of Expenditure
have been disposed of, the Chairperson shall propose the question “That the sum (or the amended sum) of Rs …. for Vote …. stand part of the schedule”.
(11 A) On the question “That the sum (or the amended sum) of Rs ….for Vote …. stand part of the schedule”, discussion shall be confined to the details of expenditure contained in the Vote and shall not refer to the general principles of Government policy and administration.
(12) When an Appropriation Bill has been considered and passed through the
Committee, the Assembly shall resume, and the Chairperson of the Committee shall report the Bill to the Assembly with or without amendment.
(13) The third reading of the Appropriation Bill shall take place not earlier than the sitting following that at which the Bill is reported.
(14) Not less than one clear day after the date on which an Estimate of Supplementary Expenditure is laid on the Table of the Assembly, the Minister of Finance, or such other Member of the Assembly as the President of the Republic may appoint, shall move that the said Estimate be referred to the Committee of Supply.
