45. The moneys from time to time credited to a Union Fund shall be applied in the following order of preference:-firstly, in the payment of salaries and allowances to the officers and employees of the Union Parishad;secondly, in meeting the expenditure charged on the Union Fund under this Ordinance;thirdly, in the fulfilment of any obligation and in the discharge of any duty imposed on a Union Parishad under this Ordinance or under any other law for the time being in force;fourthly, in meeting the expenditure declared by the Union Parishad with the previous sanction of the ¹[Deputy Commissioner] to be an appropriate charge on the Union Fund; andfifthly, in meeting the expenditure declared by the Government to be an appropriate charge on a Union Fund.