Funding for Contracts.
Section 31
SEC. 31. Funding for Contracts.—Notwithstanding the availability of deferred payment terms, Ministries, bureaus, offices or agencies concerned, before entering into a contract involving the expenditure of public funds, including contracts for services or consultancy, contracts of lease, equipment rental, construction of partitions or improvements in a leased building, or contracts involving an increase in the approved contract price shall secure a certification of availability of funds for the purpose, subject to applicable rules and regulations as may be issued by the Ministry of the Budget, and to Section 64, P.D. No. 1177: Provided, however, That any appropriations authorized in this Act for rental of buildings shall be disbursed only upon approval by the Minister concerned.