State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 566 – If the debtor of the current accounts is one of the entities referred to in the last part of the preceding article, the following procedure shall be observed:– § 1. The current accounts against the National Treasury shall be forwarded with remarks of the administrator to the Director of the Treasury (Fazenda) who shall make arrangements for payment of the balance amount in debt. § 2. The current accounts against any administrative body or corporate body shall be forwarded to the respective representative, with a request for the payment of the respective balance in debt. § 3. The entity receiving the requisition shall, within ten days, give orders for payment of debt in the following ten days, when the same dept is not contested. § 4. When contested, he shall return the current accounts to the concerned administrator, attaching a copy of the resolution, of the documents on which it is based and his information when he deems it necessary. § 5. After receiving the current account, along with the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph, the administrator shall submit the case, with his remarks, for a decision of the Governor-General. § 6. When the debtor body has been communicated, through its representative, of the decision of the Governor-General ordering any payment to be made, and if such payment is not effected within ten days, the Governor-General shall be duly informed about this fact, to enable him to take further measures as he finds convenient.