Budget Act Article 36

When the Executive Yuan approves the budget estimates of each and every competent agency on the basis of the audit report made by the central budget accounting and statistics agency, for the annual expenditures, it may only approve a quota and notify the relevant competent agency respectively to instruct its subordinate unit to prepare the next year's budget according to its plan and the budget compilation regulations.
中文原文 預算法第36條
行政院根據中央主計機關之審核報告,核定各主管機關概算時,其歲出部分得僅核定其額度,分別行知主管機關轉令其所屬機關,各依計畫,並按照編製辦法,擬編下年度之預算。

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