Annotated Republic of China Laws/Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens/Article 11

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Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens Republic of China (Taiwan) Law Article 11

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First promulgated on 2020-02-25

Article 11

　　The maximum amount of funding required for the Act is NT$60 billion, which shall be funded with a special budget. The restrictions prescribed in Article 23, Article 62, and Article 63 of the Budget Act shall not apply to the compilation and implementation of this budget.

　　The source of funding required for the budget in the preceding paragraph may be paid for with revenues from the surplus from the previous fiscal year or debt raising.

　　To respond to various emergency requirements for disease prevention, relief, and revitalization measures, related authorities may request the approval of the Executive Yuan and pay parts of the funding on their own before legal proceedings for the special budget prescribed in Paragraph 1 are completed.

Promulgated amendment on 2020-04-21

Article 11

　　The maximum amount of funding required for the Act is NT$210 billion which may be funded with additional special budgets not exceeding the original budget based on the epidemic development and then submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review. The restrictions prescribed in Article 23, Article 62, and Article 63 of the Budget Act shall not apply to the compilation and implementation of this budget. However, there shall be no inter account use of any budget items deleted or cut down by the Legislative Yuan.

　　The source of funding required for the budget in the preceding paragraph may be paid for with revenues from the surplus from the previous fiscal year or debt raising. The maximum debt raised each year is not limited by regulations prescribed in Paragraph 7, Article 5 of the Public Debt Act. The central government's total loan cap set for the general budget and the special budget as a ratio of its total general budget and special budget in the implementation period of this Special Act is not subject to restrictions prescribed in Paragraph 2, Article 14 of the Fiscal Discipline Act.

　　The forecast amount of outstanding public debt with a maturity of one year or more incurred by the central government in the implementation period of this Special Act shall be processed in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 5 of the Public Debt Act.

　　To respond to various emergency requirements for disease prevention, relief, and revitalization measures, related authorities may request the approval of the Executive Yuan and pay parts of the funding on their own before legal proceedings for the special budget prescribed in Paragraph 1 are completed.

Promulgated amendment on 2021-05-31

Article 11

(Pending governmental translation)