The Andhra Pradesh Contingency Fund Act, 1957
**THE ANDHRA PRADESH CONTINGENCY FUND ACT, 1957**


**ACT No. IX OF 1957**


**ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS**


**SECTIONS**


1. Short title and commencement


2. Establishment of Contingency Fund

3. Power to make rules

4. Repeal

5. Interpretation


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**THE ANDHRA PRADESH CONTINGENCY FUND ACT, 1957**


**ACT No. IX OF 1957**



[5[th] September, 1957]

**AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONTINGENCY**


**FUND FOR THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.**


WHEREAS clause (2) of the article 267 of the Constitution provides that

the Legislature of a State may, by law, establish a Contingency Fund in the
nature of an imprest;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to establish such a Contingency Fund for

the State of Andhra Pradesh;


Be it enacted in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

**1. Short title and commencement - (1) This Act may be called as the Andhra**
Pradesh Contingency Fund Act, 1957.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

**2. Establishment of Contingency Fund – (1) There shall be established for**
the State of Andhra Pradesh a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest
called “the Contingency Fund of the State of Andhra Pradesh", and consisting
of [1][a sum of fifty crores of rupees] withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of
the State.

(2) Such Contingency Fund shall be at the disposal of the Governor of
Andhra Pradesh; and he shall have authority to make advances therefrom for
the purpose of meeting any unforeseen expenditure, pending authorization of
such expenditure by the State Legislature by law under article 205 or article
206 of the Constitution.

(3) As often as any such expenditure is authorised by law as aforesaid,
the State Government shall recoup to the Contingency Fund an amount equal
to the advance taken from such Fund to meet the expenditure.

**3. Power to make rules - The State Government may, by notification in the**
Andhra Pradesh Gazette, make rules for the purposes of carrying into effect the
provisions of this Act.

**4. Repeal - The Madras Contingency Fund Act, 1950 (Madras Act XIV of 1950)**
and the Hyderabad Contingency Fund Act, 1952 (Hyderabad Act XLIII of 1952),
are hereby repealed.

1. Substituted by the Act No. 18 of 1984, S.2.


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**5. Interpretation –** [1][The Andhra Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1891 (Act I of
1891)] apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation
of an Andhra Act.

1. Substituted for the original short title by the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh Laws
(Amendment of Short Titles) Act, 1961, (Andhra Pradesh Act IX of 1961).


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