Para 15.12 — MSO

15.12 For the payment of these claims (Central and States) a fixed imprest is allowed, and if this runs short during business hours, a cheque, also in the special form for pre-check cheques may be drawn to replenish it. The Branch Officer-in-charge should check the entries in the Register of Cash Payment with the vouchers, and should also see that the amount of the cheque agrees with the totals of the Register before he signs it. The voucher for this cheque will be in Form 86.

Note.-Before issuing such a cheque, it will be well to note on the CLOSING FOR THE DAY voucher above described that it covers all cash payments upto “O’Clock”, but on a day on which small payments are expected to be subscribed and soon to exhaust the imprest, a further amount may be drawn by a cheque when office opens and if the result be that the cash balance at the end of the day is not reduced to the amount sanctioned for the fixed imprest, the fact must be reported to the Accountant General and the surplus shown separately on the final agreement slip.