Section 3

Notwithstanding the provisions in the Federal Constitution and the Constitution of a State relating to expenditure charged on the Federal Consolidated Fund or the Consolidated Fund of a State, annual financial statement in respect of any such expenditure and any expenditure requiring a supply Act or Enactment or resolution of the House of Parliament or Legislative Assembly of a State, and withdrawal from any of the Consolidated Funds afore said, for so long as the Emergency is in force, any such expenditure from the Federal Consolidated Fund and the Consolidated Fund of a State may be made with the approval of the Treasury or the Menteri Besar or Chief Minister of the State as the case may be in such manner as may be provided by any written law or any Treasury Instructions relating thereto for the time being in force or as may be prescribed by essential regulations made under section 2 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No. 1, 1969.