69. Contingency Fund of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.—(1) There shall be
established a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be entitled “the Contingency Fund of
the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir”, into which shall be paid from and out of the
Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir such sums as may, from time to
time, be determined by law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and
Kashmir; and the said Fund shall be held by the Lieutenant Governor to enable advances to be made
by him out of such Fund.
(2) No advances shall be made out of the Contingency Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and
Kashmir except for the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such
expenditure by the Legislative Assembly under appropriations made by law.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor on the advice of the Council of Ministers may make rules regulating
all matters connected with or ancillary to the custody of, the payment of moneys into, and the
withdrawal of moneys from, the Contingency Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.Source footnotes
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