State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 65 – The expenses incurred or already paid, to meet the cases foreseen in clause 3 of preceding article, require the approval of the Governor-General, 31[***] when such an expenditure exceeds the amount of 3000$ for each work and the sanction of the administrator, when it is of lesser amount. § 1. For this purpose, the clerk shall send the statement of expenditure incurred, duly countersigned by the president of the committee, with the opinion of the twenty major shareholders of the comunidade, if necessary, to the administrator, who shall send the same, with his own remarks to the Directorate of Civil Administration, or else shall approve himself the same, if it is within his competence, in terms of the body of the article. § 2. When the amount of the expenses exceed 3000$, or when the administrator thinks it necessary, he shall proceed to inspect the works, along with the technical expert of the comunidade, before the report is prepared or sanction is accorded or whilst the works are in progress. § 3. The Governor-General shall make the committee responsible, after giving prior hearing to it, for any excess committed in the exercise of its powers provided for it in clause 3 of the preceding article.