Para 3.4.4 — MSO

3.4.4 It is for the Government to prescribe what classes of expenditure will be brought under the contract system and to which departments the system will be extended. It is also the prerogative of Government to lay down any scale for regulation of contingent charges, to determine the authority competent to sanction special contingencies, and to designate the controlling authority whose signature will be necessary in respect of Countersigned Contingencies. Source Documents