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A general view of the Dewan Rakyat during a session at the Parliament, Kuala Lumpur, on December 19, 2022. — Picture by REUTERS

Supplementary Supply Bill (2022) 2023 presented for first reading in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Supplementary Supply Bill (2022) 2023 was tabled in Parliament on Monday.

The bill was presented by Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan in front of the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Ramli Mohd Nor.

Ahmad Maslan said it will be presented for a second reading at this sitting.

According to the blue paper circulated in Parliament today, the Supplementary Supply Bill (2022) 2023 involves the disbursement of an amount not exceeding RM60.17 billion from the Consolidated Fund for additional expenditure for services and purposes specified in the Schedule for the year 2022 that were not allocated or which were not fully provided for by the Supply Act 2022 (Act A1638).

The additional expenditure will involve 10 services, where the Treasury General Services received the highest allocation of RM52,776,595,400, followed by the Allocation to the Statutory Fund (RM2,241,548,100) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (RM2,058,146,000).

Meanwhile, the Treasury received an allocation of RM1,191,328,300, the Ministry of Education (RM803,613,600), the Ministry of Health (RM676,518,300), the Ministry of Defence (RM303,726,600), the Election Commission (RM84,822,600), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (RM24 ,531,500) and the Ministry of National Unity (RM14,097,600).

— Bernama

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