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Act 830: Temporary Measures for Government Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)) Act 2020 is deemed to have come into operation on 27 February 2020 and shall continue to remain in operation until 31 December 2022, except for section 3 of the Act.

It is an Act to provide for temporary measures relating to government financing to reduce the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by increasing the ceiling amount for the total amount of the sums that may be  raised under the Loan (Local)  Act 1959 [Act 637] and  the  total  amount of  moneys that  may  be received under the Government Funding Act 1983 [Act 275], to establish a COVID-19 Fund, to allow the sums raised under the Loan (Local) Act 1959 and the moneys received under the Government Funding Act 1983 to be paid into the COVID-19 Fund, to allow the moneys in the COVID-19 Fund to be applied and appropriated for the purposes of the programmes under the economic stimulus packages and economic recovery plans, and to provide for related matters.

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