25. Staff  26. Class-child ratio  months from the beginning of that financial year or the coming into operation of the Appropriation  Act, whichever is the earlier. (1) Parliament may make provision for the establishment of a  Contingencies Fund and for  authorizing the President, if satisfied that there has arisen an urgent and unforeseen need for  expenditure for which no other provision exists, to make advances from that Fund to meet that  need.  (2) Where any advance is made f rom the Contingencies Fund, a supplementary estimate  shall be laid before the National Assembly as soon as possible for the purpose of replacing the  amount so advanced.  (2) The salaries and any allowances payable to the holders of the offices to which this  section applies shall be a charge on the Consol idated Fund.  (1) There shall be paid to the hol ders of the offices to which this section applies such  salaries and such allowances as may be prescribed by Parliament. (3) The salary payable to the holder of any office to which this section applies and his or  her terms of office, other than allowances, shall not be altered to his or her disadvantage after his  or her appointment.  (4) Where a person's salaryor terms of office depend upon his or her option, the salary or  terms for which he or she opts shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section, be deemed  to be more advantageous to him or her than any others for which he or she might have opted. (5) This section applies to the offices of judge of the Court of Appeal, judge of the High  Court, member of the Public Service Commission, member of the Judicial Service Commission,  member of the Delimitation Commission, Auditor -General, Director of Public Prosecutions and  Attorney-General.  (1) There shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund all debt charges for which Botswana  is liable.  (2) For the purposes of this section debt charges include interest,  sinking fund charges,  the repayment or amortization of debt, and all expenditure in connection with the raising of loans  on the security of the revenues or the Consolidated Fund of the former Protectorate of  Bechuanaland or Botswana, and the service and re demption of debt thereby created. (1) There shall be an Auditor -General, whose office shall be a public office. (2) The public accounts of Botswana and of all officers, courts and authorities of the  Government of Botswa na shall be audited and reported on by the Auditor -General and for that  purpose the Auditor-General or any person authorized by him or her in that behalf shall have  access to all books, records, reports and other documents relating to those accounts: Provided that, if it is so provided by Parliament in the case of any body corporate directly  established by law, the accounts of that body corporate shall be audited and reported on by such  person as may be specified by or under that law. (3) The Auditor-General shall submit his or her reports to the Minister responsible for  finance, who shall cause them to be laid before the National Assembly. (4) The Auditor-General shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers in  relation to the accounts o f the Government or the accounts of other public authorities or other  bodies as may be prescribed by or under any Act of Parliament. (5) In the exercise of his or her functions the Auditor -General shall not be subject to the  direction or control of any ot her person or authority. 124. Auditor-General 123. Public debt 121. Contingencies Fund 122. Remuneration of certain officers  Copyright Government of Botswana