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The Revised Constitution of The Empire of Ethiopia - 1955 Constitution

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Chapter VII

FINANCE

ARTICAL 113

No tax, duty, impost or excise shall be imposed, increasd, reduced or abolished,
except by law. No exemption from payment of any tax, duty, impost or excise
imposed by law shall be granted, except as authorized by law.

ARTICAL 114

None of the public revenues shall be expanded, except as authorized by law.

ARTICAL 115

The fiscal year shall be fixed by special law. The Council of Ministers shall, with
the approval of the Emperor, and in accordance with the requirements of the law,
present to Parliament a draft of a law for the approval of the budget of the
following year, which buget shall accompany the said draft of law.

ARTICAL 116

Each of the Chambers of Parliament shall examine the said budget in detail and
vote on it item by item. Parliament shall, under no circumstances, increase the
total sum set down in the budget for expenditures. The allowance for unforseen
expences in the said budget shall be filed by Parliament. Parliament shall
complete the budget for submission to the Emperor, at least one month before
the beginning of the new fiscal year.

ARTICAL 117

If the draft of law presented, as provided in Artical 116, has not been approved
by Parliament and proclaimed as law before the beginning of the new fiscal year,
the budget of the previous year shall continue in force until a new budget law has
been proclaimed.

ARTICAL 118

If additional funds are urgently required in the course of any fiscal year, the
Minister or Ministers concerned, shall present a supplementary budget to the
Council of Ministers, who, with the approval of the Emperor, may present an
appropriate draft of law to the Chamber of Deputies.

ARTICAL 119

No loan or pledge, guaranty or collateral thereof, may be contracted for, within or
without the Empire, by any governmental organization within the empire, except
as authorized by a law duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of
Articals 88, 89 or 90 of the present Constitution.

ARTICAL 120

Within four months after the end of every fiscal year, the Council of Ministers shall
present to the Emperor and to Parliament a detailed report on the receipts and
expenditures of the said year. The report shall immediately referred to the
Auditor General, who shall, within three months, present his comments thereon to
the Emperor and to Parliament.

ARTICAL 121

There shall be an Auditor General who shall be appointed by the Emperor. He
shall be a person who is known to be of the highest character, as well as posses
the requisite technical capacity. His functions shall be defined by law. They shall
include the auditing of the accounts of all Ministeries, Departments and Agencies
of the Government, and the making of periodical reports to the Emperor and to
Parliament on the fiscal operations of the Government. The Auditor General shall,
at all times, be entitled to have access to all books and records relating to the
said accounts.

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