Public Finance Ordinance

(1)
Any estimates of revenue and expenditure of the Government laid before the Legislative Council prior to the commencement this Ordinance,
which—
(a)
relate to the first financial year in respect of which this Ordinance comes into operation; and
(b)
could have been laid under
section 5
,
shall be deemed to have been laid under that section.
(2)
Any resolution of the Legislative Council authorizing expenditure for the services of the Government in advance of an Appropriation Ordinance,
which—
(a)
relates to the first financial year in respect of which this Ordinance comes into operation;
(b)
is, immediately prior to the commencement of this Ordinance, not spent; and
(c)
could have been made under
section 7
,
shall be deemed to have been made under that section.
(3)
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any investigation, administrative or legal proceeding or remedy in respect of a surcharge imposed prior to the commencement of this Ordinance and any such investigation, administrative or legal proceeding may be instituted, continued and enforced as if this Ordinance had not been passed.