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Before any person signs a cheque in accordance with section 74 or Duty of persons signs any bill for payment of any amount from the treasury, he shall satisfy himself signing cheque. that the sum which is specified for payment in the bill or for which the cheque is drawn, as the case may be, is either- (a) required for a purpose or work specifically sanctioned by the proper authority and covered by a current budget grant; or (b) required for any payment referred to, or specified in section 75.