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44 12. In the case of the employment of the poor belonging to a charity establishment, or in the case of the direct purchase of things produced or manufactured therein.

13. In the case of the employment of convict labour, or of the direct purchase of things manufactured by the same, or in the case of the direct purchase of articles produced or manufactured at an agricultural or industrial establishment under the control of the Government.

14. In the case of the sale of articles produced or manufactured or at an agricultural or industrial establishment under the Government, or an establishment for charity, education, or by convict labour.

—No payment shall be made in advance for works or manufacture, or for the purchase of articles, excepting in cases of men-of-war, arms, and ammunitions.

—Officials, who are charged with the receipt and disbursement of cash and with serving articles in and out that belong to the Government, shall be responsible in every case for the money and articles under their management, and receive the verification and decision of the Board of Audit.

—In cases where the officials mentioned in the preceding Article lose or injure the cash or articles, by fire or flood, or by being robbed of or by any other causes, they shall not be relieved from their responsibility, unless, by proving to the Board of Audit that the loss or injury as been unavoidable in connection with the custody, they shall have received decision of the said Board, discharging them from the responsibility for the same.

—The officials who may be required to deposit security for being charged with the receipt or disbursement of cash and with serving articles in and out, shall he determined by Imperial Ordinance.

—The capacity to order payment and that of dealing with the receipt and disbursement of money, shall not be combined in one person at the same time.

—In case when it is difficult to follow the provisions of the present Law on account of special requirements, a special mode of treatment may be allowed.

The establishment of a special mode of treatment shall be effected by law.

—The Government may entrust the Nippon Ginko with the management of the Treasury funds.

—The provisions of the present Law not relating to the Imperial Diet shall come in force from the 1st day of the 4th month of the 23rd year of Meiji; and those relating to the Imperial Diet shall come in force from the time of its opening.

The provisions of the present Law relating to the final accounts shall have application from the accounts of the financial year for which the vote of the Imperial Diet shall have been obtained.

—Laws and ordinances which are incompatible with any provision of the present Law, shall be repealed from the day of the coming in force of such provision.