DCHP-3

governor-general's warrant

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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warrant a legal device by which a government after dissolution and prior to an election may raise money to meet its current bills in the interim preceding the convening of a new parliament.

Quotations

1963
In the face of such a prospect, the government might dissolve Parliament for a new election, financing its operations until a new Parliament meets through governor-general's warrants--in effect, cabinet orders.