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CA 246 (Budget Act) Section 5

CA 246 (Budget Act) Section 5

Budget to be balanced.

Section 5

SEC. 5. Budget to be balanced. — The ordinary in­come shall be used primarily to provide for the ordinary operating expenses of the Government. Except in case of a national emergency or serious financial stress, the existence of which has been duly proclaimed by the Pres­ident, the total authorized appropriations for the ordinary expenditures shall not exceed the ordinary income; and,f' unless extraordinary circumstances justify it, the total estimated ordinary income shall not only cover the total estimated ordinary expenditures, but it shall leave a reasonable surplus besides. No appropriations for the ordi­nary operating expenses of the Government may be pro­posed, unless the amount thereof is covered l5y the or­dinary income, and, likewise, no appropriation for any extraordinary expenditure, the amount of which is not covered by the estimated income from the existing sources of revenues or available current surplus, may be proposed, unless it be supported by a proposal creating an additional source of fund sufficient to cover the same.

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CitationCA 246 (Budget Act) Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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