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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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