Subsection 4: Accounting

The president of the metropolitan council keeps the accounts for the commitment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Budget issued after consultation with the Local Finance Committee.

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for carrying out, subject to the controls incumbent upon him, the collection of revenue as well as the payment of the expenditure of the metropolitan authority within the limits of the appropriations duly allocated by the council of the metropolitan authority.