Rajasthan Treasury Rules, 1999
No: -- Dated: Aug, 31 1999
RAJASTHAN TREASURY RULES
Preamble
The Governor in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 283(2) of the Constitution of India, hereby makes the following rules regulating the custody of, payment into and withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund and Contingency Fund of Rajasthan and the moneys credited to the Public Account of the State and all other connected and ancillary matters thereto, namely:
Main Rules
General Principles & Rules
Short Title & Commencement
Rule 1 These Rules may be called the "TREASURY RULES OF RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT"
Rule 2 They shall come into force with effect from thirty first day of August, 1999.
Rule 3 If the Government considers it necessary and expedient to do so for avoiding any hardship or removing any difficulty that may arise as a result of the application of these rules, it may, subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as it may think fit to impose dispense with or relax the provisions of any of these rules in any case or class of cases.
Rule 4 Definitions: In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them, that is to say: ‐
Rule 4 (a) "State", "Government", and "Governor" means respectively the State of Rajasthan, the Government of Rajasthan and the Governor of Rajasthan.
Rule 4 (b) "Accountant General" means the Accountant General, Rajasthan, to whom the accounts are rendered by the Treasury Officers.
Rule 4 ( c) "Bank" means any office or branch of the Banking Department of the Reserve Bank of India, any branch of the State Bank of India acting as the agent of the Reserve Bank of India in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), any branch of a subsidiary bank as defined in Section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959) which is authorized to transact Government business as agent of the State Bank of India, or any branch of a bank as may be appointed by the Reserve Bank of India as its agent under the provisions of sub section (1) of Section 45 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934).
Rule 4(d) "Reserve Bank" means any office or branch of the Banking Department of the Reserve Bank of India constituted under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934). Rule 4(e)
Rule 4(e) "Government Account" means the account relating to the Consolidated Fund, the Contingency Fund or the Public Account.
"Consolidated Fund" means the Consolidated Fund of the State as referred to in Article 266(1) of the Constitution of India.
"Public Account" means the Public Account of the State referred to in clause (2) of Article 266 of the Constitution of India.
"Contingency Fund" means the Contingency Fund of the State established under the Contingency Fund of Rajasthan Act, 1956 (40 of 1956) in pursuance of Article 267(2) of the Constitution of India