18 MPs voted in favour of the Bill.
That is approving the Estimates for the Government of Tonga and to appropriate money to its service for the next 2016/17 financial year.
The total cash appropriation for 2016/2017 financial year is TOP$327.7 million from its proposed National budget of TOP$545.1 million.
The 2016/17 Appropriation Act comes into effect this Friday, July 1st 2016.