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      "section_content": "2. In addition to the sum of Taka ninety-four crores, eighty-six lakhs and seventy-eight thousand authorised to be withdrawn and appropriated under theAppropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 1973(VII of 1973), there may be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund sums not exceeding those specified in column 3 of the Schedule amounting in the aggregate to the sum of taka one thousand forty-three crores, fifty-four lakhs and fifty-nine thousand towards defraying the several charges which will come in course of payment during the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, 1974, in respect of the services and purposes specified in column 2 of the Schedule."
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