This Act may be cited as the Revenue Growth Grants Act 1977 and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1 January 1975.
Act 181
Revenue Growth Grants Act 1977
Akta pemberian pertambahan hasil 1977
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An Act to provide revenue growth grants to the State Governments on the basis of the growth of federal revenue in order to give financial assistance to the State Governments for specific purposes.
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Whenever there is a growth in the revenue of the Federation in any financial year as compared to the preceding financial year the Minister shall for the following financial year allocate for the purposes of making grants under sections 4 and 4A an amount not exceeding one hundred and fifty million ringgit to be apportioned as followsβ
(a) a portion of the amount not exceeding fifty million ringgit for the purposes of section 4;
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(b) the remainder portion not exceeding one hundred million ringgit for the purposes of section 4A:
Provided that the limit of one hundred and fifty million ringgit, fifty million ringgit in paragraph (a) and one hundred million ringgit in paragraph (b) may be reviewed and varied by the Minister.
(Deleted by Act A475).
The sum of money allocated under paragraph 2(a) shall be apportioned as grants amongst the States as followsβ
(a) one half of the sum shall be apportioned equally amongst the thirteen States; and
(b) the remaining half shall be apportioned proportionately amongst the States, on the basis of the population of each State as determined at the last census taken before the preceding financial year, at two shares per head for the first five hundred thousand, one share per head for the next five hundred thousand and a half share per head for the remainder of each Stateβs population.
Apportionment amongst States whose per capita gross domestic product is below national average
4 A. The sum of money allocated under paragraph 2(b) shall be apportioned as grants amongst States whose per capita gross domestic product is below the national average of the per capita gross domestic product. The per capita gross domestic product of the Federation and all the States of the Federation shall be determined by the Federation. The grant to be given to each eligible State shall be in proportion to the percentage which the difference between the national average and the eligible Stateβs per capita gross domestic product bears to the sum of all the differences between the national average and each eligible Stateβs per capita gross domestic product.
s 4APembahagian antara Negeri yang keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapitanya kurang daripada purata negaraOpen β
Jumlah wang yang diperuntukkan di bawah perenggan 2(b) hendaklah dibahagi-bahagikan sebagai pemberian antara Negeri yang keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapitanya kurang daripada purata negara bagi keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapita. Keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapita bagi Persekutuan dan semua Negeri bagi Persekutuan hendaklah ditetapkan oleh Persekutuan. Pemberian yang diberikan kepada tiap-tiap Negeri yang layak hendaklah seimbang dengan peratusan yang diperoleh daripada perbezaan
antara purata negara dengan keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapita Negeri yang layak itu berbanding dengan jumlah kesemua perbezaan antara purata negara dengan keluaran kasar dalam negeri per kapita tiap-tiap Negeri yang layak itu.
The sums specified in paragraphs 2(a) and (b) for allocation under a financial year shall be allocated only after the accounts of all revenue received by the Federation for the preceding financial year have been closed and audited.
The grants made to a State under section 4 shall be utilized to generally supplement its revenue and the grant made to a State under section 4A shall be utilized for any or all of the following specific development purposesβ
(a) water supply;
(b) public housing;
(c) industrial estate development;
(d) minor works; and
(e) such other development projects as may be determined from time to time by the National Finance Council established under Article 108 of the Federal Constitution.
The grants made to the States under sections 4 and 4A shall be charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund.
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