No payment of any sum out of
the Municipal Fund shall be made unless such expenditure is
covered by a current budget grant and a sufficient balance of such
budget grant is available, notwithstanding any reduction or transfer
thereof under the provisions of this Act:
Provided that this section shall not apply to any payment in
the following cases, namely:&
(a) refund of taxes and other moneys which are
authorized by this Act,
(b) repayment of moneys belonging to contractors or
other persons and held in deposit and all moneys
collected by the Municipality or credited to the
Municipal Fund by mistake,
(c) temporary payment for works urgently required by
the State Government in the public interest,
(d) expenses incurred by the Municipality on special
measures on the outbreak of dangerous diseases,
natural or technological hazards or in any other
emergent case,
(e) sums payable as compensation under this Act or the
rules or the bye-laws made thereunder,
(f) sums payable&
(i) under orders of the State Government on failure
of the Municipality to take any action required
by the State Government under any provision
of this Act, or
(ii) under any other law for the time being in force,
or
(iii) under the decree or order of a civil or criminal
court against the Municipality, or
(iv) under a compromise of any claim, suit or other
legal proceeding, or
(v) on account of the cost incurred in taking
immediate action by any of the municipal
authorities to avert a sudden threat or danger to
the property of the Municipality or to human
life, or
(vi) on account of salaries or wages, and
(g) such other cases as may be determined by bye-laws.
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