the President shall have power to authorize expenditure from the Federal Consolidated Fund, whether the expenditure is charged by the constitution upon that Fund or not and shall cause to be laid before the National Assembly a Supplementary Financial Statement, or as the case may be, an Excess Financial Statement, setting out the amount of that expenditure, and the provisions of Articles. 63 to 66 shall apply to the aforesaid statements as they apply to the Annual Financial Statement.
68. Votes on Account, votes of Credit, etc.- (1) Not withstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the National Assembly 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 65 for the voting of such grant and the passing of law in accordance with the provisions of Article 66 in relation to that expenditure;
(b) to make a grant for meeting an unexpected demand upon the resources of the Federation when on account of the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service, the demand cannot be specified 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 Parliament shall have power to authorize by law the withdrawal of moneys from the Federal Consolidated Fund for the purposes for which the said grants are made.
(2) The provisions of Articles 65 and 66 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 law to be made for the authorization of appropriation of money out of the Federal Consolidated Fund to meet such expenditure.
Legislative Powers of the President.
69. Promulgation of Ordinances when National Assembly is not in session.- (1) If at any time, except when the National Assembly is in session, the President is. Satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate action necessary, he may make and promulgate such Ordinances’ as the circumstances appear to him to require, and any Ordinance so made shall have the like force of law as an Act of Parliament, but the power of making Ordinances under this clause shall be subject to the like restrictions as the power of Parliament to make laws, and any Ordinance made under this clause may be controlled or superseded by any such Act.
(2) An Ordinance promulgated under clause (I) shall be laid before the National Assembly, and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the next meeting of the assembly, or if a resolution disapproving it is passed by the Assembly. upon the passing of that resolution.
