§ 7701. Criminal Offenses
TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT DIVISION 7: PLANNING, BUDGETING AND AUDITING § 7701. Criminal Offenses. (a) No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall willfully and knowing- ly make or authorize any expenditure from or create or authorize any obligation or allotment under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein. (b) No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall willfully and know- ingly involve the Commonwealth or any agency in any contract or other obliga- tion for the payment of money for any purpose, or make or authorize any payment out of the Commonwealth Treasury, in advance of, or in the absence of, appropriations made for such purposes, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law or joint resolution. (c) No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall willfully and knowing- ly authorize or create any obligation or make any expenditure in excess of an apportionment, reapportionment, or administrative division made pursuant to the provisions of this part; provided, that continuing appropriation levels pursuant to 1 CMC § 7204(d) shall be treated as an “appropriation” for the purposes of this section. (d) No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall willfully and know- ingly obligate any resources in advance of appropriations made for such purposes except in accordance with the provisions of this part. Source: PL 3-68, § 701; amended by PL 3-93, § 13.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission