Breakfast Bake Recipe for Today

Breakfast Bake

1 Can Flaky Grands
Bag shredded cheddar 8 oz.
Half cup milk
Cubed ham or ground cooked sausage 1 cup cooked
5 eggs
Salt and pepper

Add all ingredients and mix ....saving biscuits for last.

Cut biscuits into fours and carefully mix in.
Transfer to roomy casserole dish that has been oiled. Cook 25 at 350. You can't mess this up and it comes out looking JUST like picture. Serve for breakfast or dinner w small salad.

Wonderful Chicken And Potato Dumplings Recipe for Today

Wonderful Chicken And Potato Dumplings 

Ingredients 

• 4 potatoes
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup chopped chicken
• 1 cup chicken gravy

Directions 

1. Boil potatoes until soft then peel and press through ricer.
2. Mix with milk, breadcrumbs, salt and egg.
3. Mold into golf ball size balls.
4. Flour and drop into boiling water and boil 10 minutes.
5. Combine chicken and gravy and heat through.
6. Serve dumplings with gravy poured over top.

Old Fashioned Spaghetti Recipe for Today

Old Fashioned Spaghetti

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef or ground bison
• 6 teaspoons spaghetti seasoning mix
• 1 (15½ ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (15½ ounce) can tomatoes
• ½ package (1 pound) spaghetti

Directions

1. Brown ground beef; pour off grease.
2. Add seasoning, tomato sauce, and whole tomatoes.
3. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Bring water to a boil.
5. Cook spaghetti until tender.
6. Serve with toast and a green salad.

Banana Curried Chicken Recipe for Today

Banana Curried Chicken 

Ingredients

•  2 onions chopped
• ½ cup cooking oil
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 pounds cooked chicken, de-boned
• 5 bananas sliced
• 2 apples grated
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons curry paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 peppercorns
• 1 cup heavy cream

Directions 

1. Fry onions in oil until brown then add flour and mix well.
2. Add chicken stock gradually while stirring.
3. Add remainder of ingredients except for ream.
4. Cover saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes then remove bay leaf.
5. Mix in cream just before serving on a bed of rice.

Spicy Pizza Surprise Recipe for Today

Spicy Pizza Surprise 

Ingredients 

• 3 cups cooked rice
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups (8 ounces) grated mozzarella cheese, divided
• 2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce
• ½ teaspoon basil leaves
• ½ teaspoon garlic salt
• ½ teaspoon ground oregano
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Combine rice, eggs and 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
2. Press firmly into greased 12-inch pizza pan, spreading evenly.
3. Bake at 450 °F for 20 minutes.
4. Combine tomato sauce, basil, garlic salt and oregano. Spread evenly over rice crust.
5. Top with remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
6. Bake 10 minutes longer. Cut into wedges.

Eggplant Parmigiana Recipe for Today

Eggplant Parmigiana 

Ingredients 

• 2 eggplants, unpeeled, cut into ¼-inch rounds
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1½ cups breadcrumbs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved
• ¾ cup olive oil
• 20 ounces canned tomatoes
• ⅓ cup tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• ½ pound mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced

Directions 

1. Dip eggplant slices in eggs, then in breadcrumbs seasoned with salt and pepper.
2. Refrigerate 20 minutes.
3. In a large saucepan, sauté garlic in 2 tablespoons oil for 1 – 2 minutes.
4. Remove garlic and add tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, salt, and pepper.
5. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F.
7. Brown eggplant in ¼-inch oil in a large skillet.
8. Drain on paper towels.
9. Put a thin layer of tomato sauce into a baking dish and layer eggplant, sauce, Parmesan, and mozzarella, alternately.
10. End with mozzarella on top.
11. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Cajun Mac and Cheese Recipe for Today

Cajun Mac and Cheese 

Ingredients

• 6 cups milk
• 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 6 oz grated romano cheese
• 32 oz uncooked macaroni
• 1 pound butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 pound small cooked shrimp
• 1 pound cooked crawfish meat
• 8 oz andouille sausage
• 8 oz lump crabmeat
• 8 oz Louisiana Hot Sauce
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Cook macaroni and drain, dump immediately into a large mixing bowl.
2. Add milk, all but ½ cup of the cheddar cheese, all of the mozzarella cheese and butter on top of macaroni and mix thoroughly.
3. Add salt, black pepper, and half of cayenne pepper.
4. Beat the eggs by hand until frothy, add to the macaroni mixture.
5. Add hot sauce, blend well.
6. Dump whole small cooked (shelled and de-veined) shrimp, chopped crawfish meat, crabmeat and sausage.
7. Mix well and let stand (tightly covered) for 5 minutes.
8. Place in large casserole dish, cover top with grated romano cheese and the rest of the cheddar, sprinkle enough cayenne pepper on top to give the dish a nice rosy hue.
9. Bake in 350°f oven for 45 minutes, or until top is deliciously browned, bubbly, and calling out to be eaten.
10. Serve with fresh salad and hard rolls.

Cabbage, Bacon and Potato Soup Recipe for Today

Cabbage, Bacon and Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 2-pound potatoes, peeled (about 6 medium) 12 ounces bacon, diced
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 3 cups finely shredded cabbage
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• ¼ cup whipping cream
• salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• ¼ cup chopped chives or green onion tops

Directions

1. In a large pot, cover the potatoes with 5 cups of water.
2. Cover, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes, or until tender.
3. With a fork or potato masher, break up the potatoes.
4. Do not drain.
5. They should be lumpy, not smooth.
6. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp.
7. Remove the bacon and drain off all but 2 tablespoons fat.
8. Add the garlic and cabbage to the skillet and saute until the cabbage is wilted about 3 minutes.
9. Sprinkle with the vinegar and add the cream.
10. Simmer on low heat until the cabbage is crisp-tender, about 10minutes.
11. Add the cabbage, its liquid, and the diced bacon to the potatoes and water in the pot.
12. Simmer everything together until the tastes are combined, about 5 minutes.
13. Season well with salt and pepper.
14. Sprinkle with chives before serving.

Focaccia Hero Sandwich Recipe for Today

Focaccia Hero Sandwich 

Ingredients 

• 1 (1-pound) round focaccia bread or 1 (1-pound) loaf Italian bread.
• ½ cup creamy Italian salad dressing
• 12 lettuce leaves
• 4 ounces thinly sliced deli hard salami
• 10 (¾-ounce) slices deli Land O'Lakes ® chedarella or American cheese
• 8 ounces thinly sliced deli turkey breast
• 8 slices tomato
• 2 thin slices onion, separated into rings

Directions 

1. Carefully slice bread in half crosswise.
2. Spread creamy Italian dressing on top and bottom halves of bread.
3. To assemble, evenly layer bottom bread half with ½ of lettuce and remaining ingredients.
4. Top with remaining lettuce leaves and bread half.
5. Secure with toothpicks.
6. Cut into wedges. Serve warm and plain or with other side dishes or appetizers.

Cheese-Stuffed Cabbage Recipe for Today

Cheese-Stuffed Cabbage 

Ingredients 

• 1 lb. Nepali homemade cheese, crushed
• ½ cup onions, finely chopped
• ½ green onions, finely chopped
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 2 teaspoons dill weed, minced
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 3 fresh red chilies, minced
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 head fresh cabbage
• salt to taste

Sauce 

• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic
• ½ in. ginger
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 cup rich vegetable stock
• 2 tablespoons clarified butter (or margarine)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon jwanu (lovage seeds)
• 2 tablespoons green onions for garnish.

Directions

1. In a large bowl combine all ingredients except cabbage.
2. Mix well, cover, and refrigerate for at least an hour.
3. In the mean time, core the head of cabbage, boil in salted water till soft.
4. Separate into leaves, and keep in ice-cold water.
5. Remove the thick veins if necessary.
6. Spread a cabbage leaf on cutting board, place two tablespoons of filling, fold sides, and roll up.
7. Hold the loose end of the leaf with small bamboo sticks.
8. Repeat with other leaves.
9. Rub butter generously on the stuffed rolls and stack in a steamer.
10. Steam till the stuffing is cooked through, about 8-10 minutes.
11. Transfer the steamed rolls to a large plate.

Sauce 

1. In a non-stick sauce pan heat two tablespoons of clarified butter, splitter mustard seeds.
2. Add onions and saute till brown.
3. Add garlic, ginger, and chili powder, and fry for a minute over low heat.
4. Add tomatoes, broth, jwanu and salt and pepper.
5. Simmer the tomato mixture until the sauce thickens up, about 15 minutes.
6. Transfer the stuffed cabbage rolls to the sauce and heat through, frequently turning, about 10 minutes.
7. Garnish with chopped green onions.
8. Serve with roti and tomato achar.

Baked Buffalo Wings Recipe for Today

Baked Buffalo Wings 

Ingredients

• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cayenne pepper
• ½ garlic powder
• ½ salt
• 20 chicken wings
• ½ melted butter
• ½ hot pepper sauce
• 3 tablespoons black pepper, optional
• 3 tablespoons chili powder, optional

Directions

1. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and lightly grease with cooking spray. Place the flour, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, black pepper (optional), and chili powder (optional) into a resealable plastic bag, and shake to mix.
2. Add the chicken wings, seal, and toss until well coated with the flour mixture. Place the wings onto the prepared baking sheet, and place into the refrigerator. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400 °F. Whisk together the melted butter and hot sauce in a small bowl. Dip the wings into the butter mixture, and place back on the
3. baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, and crispy on the outside, about 45 minutes. Turn the wings over halfway during cooking so they cook evenly. Serve hot and plain or with rice, any dip, or other main dishes.

Lemon and Chive Risotto Recipe for Today

Lemon and Chive Risotto

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 egg yolks
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
• ½ cup minced onion
• 1 cup uncooked U.S. arborio or medium-grain rice
• ⅓ cup dry white wine
• 4 to 5 cups hot chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons finely minced chives
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• ground black pepper to taste
• ⅓ cup lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ cup sliced almonds, toasted
• lemon sauce (optional)

Directions

1. Combine lemon juice, egg yolks and cream. Set aside.
2. Melt butter in large skillet. Cook onion over low heat until soft but not brown.
3. Stir in rice and increase heat to medium.
4. Add wine and continue to stir until wine is absorbed.
5. Increase heat to medium-high and stir in about 1 cup chicken broth.
6. Continue stirring until broth is absorbed.
7. Continue adding broth ½ cup at a time, stirring constantly.
8. When rice is cooked, stir in lemon mixture, chives and Parmesan cheese.
9. Add pepper to taste.

Catfish Etouffée Recipe for Today

Catfish Etouffée 

Ingredients

• 1 pound skinned and boned farm-raised catfish
• seasoning mix
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped green pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1¼ cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground red pepper
• hot pepper sauce to taste
• 4 cups hot cooked rice
• finely sliced green onion tops (optional)

Directions

1. Cut catfish into pieces about 1-inch square.
2. Toss with seasoning mix.
3. Refrigerate, covered, one to two hours.
4. Heat oil in Dutch oven or large skillet (iron preferred) until a light haze forms over pot but oil is not smoking.
5. Lower heat and blend in flour.
6. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium-low heat, until roux is dark brown, about 10 minutes. Do not brown.
7. Add onion, celery, green pepper and garlic.
8. Cook, stirring, about 5 minutes.
9. Stir in chicken broth.
10. Add catfish, discarding any liquid that has formed, and salt, black pepper, red pepper and pepper sauce. Simmer 15 minutes.
11. Serve over beds of fluffy rice; sprinkle with green onions, if desired.

Cheesy Rice Marinara Recipe for Today

Cheesy Rice Marinara

Ingredients 

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium Onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 1 cup part skim ricotta cheese
• 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 14-ounce jar prepared spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup chopped fresh spinach or one 10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed
• 1 cup grated mozzarella Cheese
• Vegetable cooking spray

Directions 

1. Heat oil in medium-size skillet.
2. Saute Onion and garlic in oil 2 to 3 minutes or until Onion is translucent.
3. Remove from heat, stir in rice; set aside.
4. Combine ricotta cheese, 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, egg, parsley, basil, salt and pepper in large bowl. Stir until smooth.
5. Add onions and rice.
6. Spread layer of spaghetti sauce on bottom of 8x8-inch or 9x9-inch baking pan coated with vegetable spray.
7. Top sauce with alternating layers of ricotta cheese mixture, spinach and mozzarella Cheese finishing with
8. remaining spaghetti sauce.
9. Sprinkle top with remaining 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese.
10. Bake covered at 400 degrees 30 to 40 minutes.
11. Remove cover during last 10 minutes to achieve even browning.

LA CONSTITUCION DE BELICE - LA DEFINICION DE BELICE

Section I
SCHEDULE 1 TO THE CONSTITUTION
Definition of Belize
1. The territory of Belize comprises the mainland of Belize and all its associated islands and cays within the area bounded by the frontiers with Guatemala and Mexico and the outer limit of the territorial sea of Belize described as follows:-
the frontier with Guatemala is the line prescribed by the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Guatemala signed on 30 April 1859;
the frontier with Mexico is the line prescribed by the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Mexico signed on 8 July 1893;
the outer limit of the territorial sea of Belize is the limit provided by law measured from such baselines as may have been prescribed before Independence Day by law or otherwise, or as may be so prescribed thereafter,
and also includes the Turneffe Islands, the Cays of Lighthouse Reef and Glover Reef, together with all associated islets and reefs, and their adjacent waters as far as the outer limit of the territorial sea appertaining to them.
2. The area referred to in paragraph 1 of this Schedule includes, but is not limited to, Ambergris Cay, Cay Corker, Cay Chapel, Long Cay, Frenchman's Cay, St. George's Cay, Sergeant's Cay, Goff's Cay, English Cay, Rendezvous Cay, Bluefield Range of Cays, Southern Long Cay, Columbus Cay, Fly Range of Cays, Tobacco Range of Cays, Southern Water Cay, Carrie Bow Cay, Gladden Cay, Silk Cays, Pompion Cay, Ranguana Range of Cays, Sapodilla Range of Cays, Snake Cays, all islands and cays associated with the above-mentioned Cays, and all other cays lying within and along the Barrier Reef.

LA CONSTITUCION DE BELICE - PARTE XII

PART XII
Repeal And Date Of Commencement
141. This Constitution shall come into operation on Independence Day.
Provided that sections 133 and 135 of this Constitution shall come into operation forthwith.
142. The Ordinances set out in Schedule 4 are revoked with effect from Independence Day.
Section I
SCHEDULE 1 TO THE CONSTITUTION
Definition of Belize
1. The territory of Belize comprises the mainland of Belize and all its associated islands and cays within the area bounded by the frontiers with Guatemala and Mexico and the outer limit of the territorial sea of Belize described as follows:-
the frontier with Guatemala is the line prescribed by the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Guatemala signed on 30 April 1859;
the frontier with Mexico is the line prescribed by the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Mexico signed on 8 July 1893;
the outer limit of the territorial sea of Belize is the limit provided by law measured from such baselines as may have been prescribed before Independence Day by law or otherwise, or as may be so prescribed thereafter,
and also includes the Turneffe Islands, the Cays of Lighthouse Reef and Glover Reef, together with all associated islets and reefs, and their adjacent waters as far as the outer limit of the territorial sea appertaining to them.
2. The area referred to in paragraph 1 of this Schedule includes, but is not limited to, Ambergris Cay, Cay Corker, Cay Chapel, Long Cay, Frenchman's Cay, St. George's Cay, Sergeant's Cay, Goff's Cay, English Cay, Rendezvous Cay, Bluefield Range of Cays, Southern Long Cay, Columbus Cay, Fly Range of Cays, Tobacco Range of Cays, Southern Water Cay, Carrie Bow Cay, Gladden Cay, Silk Cays, Pompion Cay, Ranguana Range of Cays, Sapodilla Range of Cays, Snake Cays, all islands and cays associated with the above-mentioned Cays, and all other cays lying within and along the Barrier Reef.

LA CONSTITUCION DE BELICE PARTE XI

PART XI
Transitional Provisions
132. In this Part-
"the Constitution Ordinance" means the British Honduras Constitution Ordinance 1963;
"the Letters Patent" means the Belize Letters Patent 1964 to 1979.
133. The Governor (as defined for the purposes of the Lepers Patent) acting after consultation with the Premier (as so defined) may at any time after this section comes into operation exercise any of the powers conferred on the Governor-General by section 134 of this Constitution to such extent as may be necessary or expedient to enable the Constitution to function as from Independence Day.
134. -(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the existing laws shall notwithstanding the revocation of the Letters Patent and the Constitution Ordinance continue in force on and after Independence Day and shall then have effect as if they had been made in pursuance of this Constitution but they shall be construed with such modifications adaptations qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with this Constitution.
(2) Where any matter that falls to be prescribed or otherwise provided for under this Constitution by the National Assembly or by any other authority or person is prescribed or provided for by or under an existing law (including any amendment to any such law made under this section) that prescription or provision shall as from Independence Day have effect (with such modifications adaptations qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring it into conformity with this Constitution) as if it had been made under this Constitution by the National Assembly or as the case may require by the other authority or person.
(3) The Governor-General may by order published in the Gazette within twelve months after Independence Day make such amendments to any existing law (other than this Constitution) as may be necessary or expedient for bringing that law into corformity with the provisions of this Constitution or otherwise for giving effect or enabling effect to be given to those provisions.
(4) An order made under this section may be amended or revoked by the National Assembly or in relation to any existing law affected thereby, by any other authority having power to amend. repeal or revoke that existing law.
(5) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to say powers conferred by this Constitution or by any other law upon any person or authority to make provision for any matter, including the amendment or repeal of any existing law.
(6) In this section, the expression "existing law" means any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Order of Her Majesty in Council, Ordinance, rule, regulation, order or other instrument having effect as part of the law, of Belize immediately before lndependence Day (including any such law made before that day and coming into operation or after that day).
135.-(11) Her Majesty may before Independence Day appoint the first Governor-General from among persons who qualify by virtue of section 23 of this Constitution to become citizens of Belize on Independence Day.
(2) Any such appointment shall take effect as from Independence Day, and the person so appointed shall hold office in accordance with section 30 of this Constitution.
136.-(1) The person who, immediately before Independence Day, holds the office of Premier under the Letters Patent shall, as from that day, hold office as Prime Minister as if he had been appointed thereto under section 37 of this Constitution.
(2) The persons who, immediately before Independence Day, hold of flee as Ministers (other than the Premier) under the Letters Patent shall, as from that day, hold the lilts offices as if they had been appointed thereto under section 40 of this Constitution.
(3) Any person holding the office of Prime Minister or other Minister by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) of this section who, immediately before Independence Day, was under the Letters Patent assigned responsibility for any business or department of government shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been assigned responsibility for that business or department under section 41 of this Constitution.
(4) Any person holding the office of Prime Minister or other Minister by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of section 46 of this Constitution.
137.-(1) The persons who, immediately before Independence Day, are members of the former House of Representatives sha11, as from that day, be deemed to have been dented in pursuance of section 56(1) of this Constitution in the respective electoral divisions corresponding to the electoral divisions by which they were returned to the former House of Representatives, and shall hold their seats in the House of Representatives in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(2) The persons who, immediately before Independence Day, are members of the former Senate, having been appointed as such under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 9(2) of the Constitution Ordinance, shall, as from Independence Day, be deemed to have been appointed to the Senate in pursuance of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) respectively of section 61(2) of this Constitution, and shall hold their seats in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(3) The persons deemed to be elected to the House of Representatives or to be appointed to the Senate by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of section 71 of this Constitution.
(4) The persons who, immediately before Independence Day, are the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the former House of Representatives and the President and Vice-president of the former Senate shall, as from Independence Day, be deemed to have been elected respectively as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and President and Vice-President of the Senate in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and shall hold office in accordance with those provisions.
(5) The person who, immediately before Independence Day, is the Leader of the Opposition in the former House of Representatives shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been appointed as Leader of the Opposition in pursuance of section 47 of this Constitution, and shall hold office as such in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(6) The Standing Orders of the former House of Representatives and of the former Senate as in force immediately before Independence Day shall, until it is otherwise provided under section 70 of this Constitution, be the Standing Orders respectively of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, but they shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with this Constitution.
(7) Notwithstanding anything in section 84(2) of the Constitution (but subject to subsection (3) of that section), the National Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved on 30th November 1984 (that is to say, five years from the date when the two Houses of the former National Assembly first met after the last dissolution of that Assembly under the Constitution Ordinance).
(8) In this section, the expressions "former National Assembly", "former House of Representatives", and "former Senate" mean respectively the National Assembly, House of Representatives, and Senate established by the Constitution Ordinance.
138. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution every person who immediately before Independence Day holds or is acting in a public office under the Letters Patent or the Constitution Ordinance shall, as from that day, continue to hold or act in that office or the corresponding office established by this Constitution as if he had been appointed thereto in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and as if he had taken any oath required by this Constitution or any other law:
Provided that any person who under the Letters Patent, the Constitution Ordinance or any other law in force immediately before Independence Day would have been required to vacate his office at the expiration of any period shall, unless earlier removed in accordance with this Constitution, vacate his office at the expiration of that period.
139.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Supreme Court shall on and after Independence Day have all the powers which immediately before that day are vested in the former Supreme Court.
(2) All proceedings that immediately before Independence Day, are pending before the former Supreme Court may be continued and concluded on and after that day before the Supreme Court.
(3) Any decision given before Independence Day by the former Supreme Court shall for the purposes of its enforcement or of any appeal therefrom have effect on and after that day as if it were a decision of the Supreme Court.
(4) Any appeals from Belize that, immediately before Independence Day, are pending before the former Court of Appeal may be continued and concluded on and after that day before the Court of Appeal.
(5) Any decision given before Independence Day by the former Court of Appeal shall for the purposes of its enforcement or of any appeal therefrom have effect on and after that day as if it were a decision of the Court of Appeal.
(6) In this section-
"the former Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court established by the Constitution Ordinance;
"the former Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal established by the Court of Appeal Ordinance 1967.
140.-(1) The National Assembly may alter any of the provisions of this Part, other than those referred to in subsection (2) of this section, in the manner specified in section 69(4) of this Constitution.
(2) The National Assembly may alter this section, subsections (1), (4) and (7) of section 137, section 138 and section 139 of this Constitution in the manner specified in subsections (3) and (5) of section 69 of this Constitution.
(3) Subsections (7) and (8) of section 69 of this Constitution shall apply for the purpose of construing references in this section to any provision of this Part and to the alteration of any such provision as they apply for the purpose of construing references in section 69 of this Constitution and in Schedule 2 hereto to any provision of this Constitution and to the alteration of any such provision.

LA CONSTITUCION DE BELICE - PARTE X

PART X
Miscellaneous
121.-(1) The persons to whom this section applies shall conduct themselves in such a way as not- to place themselves in positions in which they have or could have a conflict of interest:
to compromise the fair exercise of their public or official functions and duties;
to use their office for private gun;
to demean their office or position;
to allow their integrity to be called into question; or
to endanger or diminish respect for, or confidence in, the integrity of the Government.
(2) This section applies to the Governor-General, members of the National Assembly, members of the Belize Advisory Council, members of the Public Services Commission, members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, public officers, officers of statutory corporations and government agencies, and such other officers as may be proscribed by law enacted by the National Assembly.
122. The national symbols of Belize shall be those prescribed by the National Assembly.
123.-(1) Any reference in this Constitution to power to make appointments to any public office shall be construed as including a reference to power to make appointments on promotion and transfer to that office and to power to appoint a person to act in that office during any period during which it is vacant or the holder thereof is unable to perform the functions of that office.
(2) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the holder of an office by the term designating his office shall be construed as including a reference to any person who is for the time being lawfully acting in or performing the functions of that office.
(3) Where by this Constitution any person is directed, or power is conferred on any person or authority to appoint a person, to act in or otherwise to perform the functions of an office if the holder thereof is unable to perform the functions of that office, the validity of any performance of those functions by the person so directed or of any appointment made in exercise of that power shall not be called in question in any court of law on the ground that the holder of the office is not unable to perform the functions of the office.
124.-(l) Where any person has vacated any office established by this Constitution, he may, if qualified, again be appointed or elected to hold that office in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
(2) Whenever the holder of any office constituted by or under this Constitution, or any public office otherwise constituted, is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of his office-
another person may be appointed to that office; and
that person shall, for the purpose of any function of that office, be deemed to be the sole holder of that office.
125.-(1) References in this Constitution to the power to remove a public officer from his office shall be construed as including references to any power conferred by any law to require or permit that officer to retire from the public service and to any power or right to terminate a contract on which a person is employed as a public officer and to determine whether any such contract shall or shall not be renewed:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed as conferring on any person or authority power to require any justice of the Supreme Court or Justice of Appeal, the Director of Public Prosecutions, or the Auditor-General to retire from the public service.
(2) Any provision of this Constitution that vests in any person or authority power to remove any public officer from his office shall be without prejudice to the power of any person or authority to abolish any office or to any law providing for the compulsory retirement of public officers generally or any class of public officer on attaining an age specified therein.
126.-(1) A Senator or a member of the House of Representatives may resign his seat by writing under his hand addressed to the President or the Speaker, as the case may be, and the resignation shall take effect, and the seat shall accordingly become vacant, when the writing is received, as the case may be, by-
the President or Speaker;
if the office of President or Speaker is vacant or the President or Speaker is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office and no other person is performing them, the Vice-President or Deputy Speaker; or
if the office of Vice-President or Deputy Speaker is vacant or the Vice-President or Deputy Speaker is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office and no other person is performing them, the Clerk to the National Assembly.
(2) The President or the Vice-President or the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Senate or the House, as the case may be, and the resignation shall take effect, and the office shall accordingly become vacant, when the writing is received by the Clerk to the National Assembly.
(3) Any person who has been appointed to an office established by this Constitution (other than an office to which subsection (1) or (2) of this section applies) or any office of Minister established under this Constitution may resign that office by writing under his hand addressed to the person or authority by whom he was appointed and the resignation shall take effect, and the office shall accordingly become vacant-
at such time or on such date (if any) as may be specified in the writing; or
when the writing is received by the person or authority to whom it is addressed or by such other person as may be authorised to receive it,
whichever is the later:
Provided that the resignation may be withdrawn before it takes effect if the person or authority to whom the resignation is addressed consents to its withdrawal.
127. No provision of this Constitution that any person or authority shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority in the exercise of any functions under this Constitution shall be construed as precluding a court of law from exercising jurisdiction in relation to any question whether that person or authority has performed those functions in accordance with this Constitution or any other law or should not perform those functions.
128. Where any power is conferred by this Constitution to make any proclamation, regulation, order or rule, or to give any direction or instructions, the power shall be construed as including the power, ideas exercisable in like manner, to amend or revoke any such proclamation, regulation, order, rule, direction or instructions.
129.-(1) Where any person or authority is directed by this Constitution to exercise any function after consultation with any other person or authority, that person or authority shall not be obliged to exercise that function in accordance with the advice of that other person or authority.
(2) Where any person or authority is directed by this Constitution or any other law to consult any other person or authority before taking any decision or action, that other person or authority must be given a genuine opportunity to present his or its views before the decision or action, as the once may be, is taken.
130. There shall be a national seal bearing on it such device as the National Assembly shall approve by resolution.
131.-(1) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires "Belize" means the land and sea areas defined in Schedule 1 to this Constitution;
"Commonwealth citizen" has such meaning as the National Assembly may prescribe;
"Court of Appeal" means the Court of Appeal established by this Constitution;
"Crown" means the Crown in right of Belize;
"financial year" means the twelve months ending on 31st March in any year or on such other date as may from time to time be prescribed by any law enacted by the National Assembly;
"the Gazette" means the Belize Government Gazette and includes any supplement thereto;
"the Government" means the Government of Belize;
"the House" means the House of Representatives or the Senate as the context may require;
"the House of Representatives" means the House of Representatives established by this Constitution;
"Independence Day" means 21st September, 1981;
"law" means any law in force in Belize or any part thereof, including any instrument having the force of law and any unwritten rule of law, and "lawful" and "lawfully" shall be construed accordingly;
"Minister" means a Minister of Government;
"the National Assembly" means the National Assembly established by this Constitution;
"oath" includes affirmation;
"oath of allegiance and office" means the oath prescribed in Schedule 3 to this Constitution;
"Police Force" means the Belize Police Force;
"President" and "Vice-President" mean the respective persons holding office as President and Vice-President of the Senate;
"public office" means any office of emolument in the public service;
"public officer" means a person holding or acting in any public office;
"the public service" means, subject to the provisions of this section, the service of the Crown in a civil capacity in respect of the Government;
"Senate" means the Senate established by this Constitution;
"session" means, in relation to a House of the National Assembly, the sittings of that House commencing when it first meets after the prorogation or dissolution of the National Assembly at any time and terminating when the National Assembly is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued;
"sitting" means, in relation to a House of the National Assembly, period during which that House is sitting continuously without adjournment and includes any period during which the House is in committee;
"Speaker" and "Deputy Speaker" mean the respective persons holding office as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives;
"Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Judicature established by this Constitution.
(2) Except in sections 63(1) and 71 of this Constitution, references in this Constitution to a member or members of the House of Representatives or to a Senator or Senators do not include references to a person who, under section 56(2), is a member of the House by virtue of holding the office of Speaker, or who, under section 61(1), is a Senator by virtue of holding the office of President.
(3) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, references to an office in the public service shall be construed as including references to the offices of justice of the Supreme Court and Justice of Appeal, offices of members of the Police Force, and offices on the Governor-General's personal staff.
(4) In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, references to an office in the public service shall not be construed as including references to the office of Prime Minister or other Minister, Minister of State, Speaker or Deputy Speaker or member of the House of Representatives, President or Vice-President or Senator, member of the Belize Advisory Council, or member of any Commission established by this Constitution or the Clerk, Deputy Clerk or staff of the National Assembly.
(5) For the purposes of this Constitution, a person shall not be regarded as holding a public office by reason only of the fact that he is in receipt of a pension or other like allowance in respect of service under the Crown. (6) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the Interpretation Ordinance 1980 as in force immediately before Independence Day shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Constitution.

LA CONSTITUCION DE BELICE - PARTE IX

PART IX
Finance
114 -(1) All revenues or other moneys raised or received by Belize (not being revenues or other moneys payable under this Constitution or any other law into some other public fund established for a specific purpose) shall be paid into and form one Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(2) No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund except to meet expenditure that is charged upon the Fund by this Constitution or any other law enacted by the National Assembly or where the issue of those moneys has been authorised by an appropriation law or by a law made in pursuance of section 116 of this Constitution.
(3) No moneys shall be withdrawn from any public fund other than the Consolidated Revenue Fund unless the issue of those moneys has been authorised by a law enacted by the National Assembly.
(4) No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund except in the manner prescribed by law.
115.-(1) The Minister responsible for finance shall prepare and lay before the House of Representatives in each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditures of Belize for the next following financial year.
(2) The heads of expenditure contained in the estimates (other than expenditure charged upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund by this Constitution or any other law) shall be included in a Bill, to be known as an Appropriation Bill, providing for the issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the sums necessary to meet that expenditure and the appropriation of those sums for the purposes specified therein.
(3), If in respect of any financed year it is found-
that the amount appropriated by the appropriation law for any purpose is insufficient or that a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that law; or
that any moneys have been expended for any purpose in excess of the amount appropriated for the purpose by the appropriation law or for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by that law,
a supplementary estimate showing the sums required or spent shall be laid before the House of Representatives and the heads of any such expenditure shall be included in a supplementary Appropriation Bill.
116. Any law enacted by the National Assembly may make provision under which, if the appropriation law in respect of any financial year has not come into operation by the beginning of that financial year, the Minister responsible for finance may authorise the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government until the expiration of four months from the beginning of that financial year or the coming into operation of the appropriation law, whichever is the earlier.
117.(1) Any law enacted by the National Assembly may provide for the establishment of a Contingencies Fund and for authorizing the Minister responsible for finance, if satisfied that there has arisen an urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure for which no other provision exists, to make advances from the Fund to meet that need.
(2) Where any advance is made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section a supplementary estimate shall be presented and a supplementary Appropriation Bill shall be introduced as soon as possible for the purpose of replacing the amount so advanced.
118.-(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices to which this section applies such salaries and such allowances as may be prescribed by or under a law enacted by the National Assembly.
(2) The salaries and allowances prescribed in pursuance of this section in respect of the holders of the offices to which this section applies shall be a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(3) The salary prescribed in pursuance of this section in respect of the holder of any office to which this section applies and his other terms of service (other than allowances that are not taken into account in computing, under any law in that behalf, any pension payable in respect of his service in that office) shall not he altered to his disadvantage after his appointment.
(4) When a person's salary or other terms of service depend upon his option, the salary or terms for which he opts shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section, be deemed to be more advantageous to him than any others for which he might have opted.
(5) This section applies to the offices of the Governor~General, the Chief Justice, Justice of Appeal, justice of the Supreme Court, member of the Belize Advisory Council, member of the Public Services Commission, member of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Auditor General.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prejudicing the provisions of section 112 of this Constitution.
119.-(1) There shall be charged on the Consolidated Revenue Fund all debt charges for which Belize 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 Consolidated Revenue Fund and the service and redemption of debt created thereby.
120.-(1) There shall be an Auditor-General whose office shall be a public office.
(2) The Auditor-General shall-
satisfy himself that all moneys that have been appropriated by the National Assembly and disbursed have been applied to the purposes to which they were so appropriated and that the expenditure conforms to the authority that governs it; and
at least once in every year audit and report on the public accounts of Belize, the accounts of all officers and authorities of the Government, the accounts of all courts of law in Belize, the accounts of the Belize Advisory Council and every Commission established by this Constitution and the accounts of the Clerk to the National Assembly.
(3) The Auditor-General and any officer authorised by him shall have access to all books, records, returns, reports end other documents which in his opinion relate to any of the accounts referred to in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The Auditor-General shall submit every report made by him in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section to the Minister responsible for finance who shall, not later than seven days after the House of Representatives first meets after he has received the report, lay it before the House.
(5) If the Minister fails to lay a report before the House in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of this section the Auditor-General shall transmit copies of that report to the Speaker who shall, as soon as practicable, present them to the House.
(6) The Auditor-General shall exercise such other functions in relation to the accounts of the Government or the accounts of other authorities or bodies established by law for public purposes as may be prescribed by or under any law enacted by the National Assembly.
(7) In the exercise of his functions under subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this section. the Auditor-General shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.