imprest - an advance (of money) made to one who is charged with some business by the state, to enable him to proceed with the discharge of the same
chaque régisseur d'avances est responsable, vis-a-vis de l'ordonnateur, de la mise en paiement des dettes a l'égard de tiers et, vis-a-vis du comptable, de l'exécution des paiements
To draw on accounts the joint signatures of two duly authorized members of the staff shall be required, one signature necessarily being that of the accounting officer, an assistant accounting officer or an imprest administrator.
Administrators of advance funds shall render themselves liable to disciplinary action and, where appropriate, to payment of compensation in the following cases: (a) where they cannot show due warrant with proper documents for payments made by them; (b) where they effect payments to parties other than entitled payees.
