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Rule 1 – Commencement	Rule 1 – Digital application
Rule 1 – Title & source	Rule 10 – Cabinet Division
Rule 11 – Establishment Division	Rule 12 – Finance Division
Rule 14 – Law and Justice	Rule 14A – Revenue Division
Rule 15 – Reference to PM	Rule 15A – Reference to President
Rule 16 – Cabinet cases	Rule 17 – Disposal
Rule 18 – Summary	Rule 19 – Circulation
Rule 2 – Definitions	Rule 20 – Attendance
Rule 20 – Cabinet meetings	Rule 22 – ECNEC
Rule 22 – NEC	Rule 23 – Committees
Rule 24 – Action on decisions	Rule 24 – Secrecy
Rule 25 – Year Book	Rule 26 – Annual Report
Rule 27 – Official Bills	Rule 3 – Allocation
Rule 30 – Ordinances	Rule 36 – Parliament
Rule 4 – Organization	Rule 41 – Money Bill
Rule 42A – Reconsideration	Rule 46 – Budget
Rule 48 – Governors	Rule 5 – Approaching Minister
Rule 5 – Contravention	Rule 5 – Deputy PM
Rule 5 – Disagreement	Rule 5 – Interpretation
Rule 5 – Secretariat Instructions	Rule 5 – Secretary as PAO
Rule 5 – Transaction	Rule 5 – Verbal orders
Rule 50A – SCCI	Rule 51-53 – Emergency
Rule 55 – Information	Rule 56 – Communication
Rule 57 – Relaxation	Rule 58 – Repeal
Rule 6 – Responsibility	Rule 7 – Contracts
Rule 7 – Orders	Rule 8 – Inter-Division
Rule 9 – Secretaries' Committee	Schedule I – Cabinet Secretariat
Schedule II – Allocation	Schedule II – Cabinet Division
Schedule III	Schedule III – FIA
Schedule IV	Schedule V-A
Schedule V-B	Schedule VI
Schedule VII

Under Rule 5(9)(e), the Secretary shall, unless another official is notified, be the principal accounting officer for the purpose of:

Section 23 of the PFM Act, 2019
Article 171 of the Constitution
Regulation 5 of the FM&PAO Regulations, 2021
Clause (q) of section 2 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2019

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