Section 47:
Contingency Fund of the Capital.
(1) There shall be established a Contingency Fund in the
nature of an imprest to be entitled the Contingency Fund of the National Capital Territory of Delhi into
which shall be paid from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the Capital such sums as may, from time to
time, be determined by law made by the Legislative Assembly; and the said Fund shall be held by the
Lieutenant Governor to enable advances to be made by him out of such Fund.
(2) No advances shall be made out of the Contingency Fund referred to in sub-section (1) except for
the purposes of meeting unforeseen expenditure pending authorisation of such expenditure by the
Legislative Assembly under appropriations made by law.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor may make rules regulating all matters connected with or ancillary to the
custody of, the payment of moneys into, and the withdrawal of moneys from, the aforesaid Contingency
Fund.