Capacity of the Government to enter into contracts

(1) Subject to this Act, the Government shall have power to acquire, hold and dispose of, by sale or otherwise, property of any kind, and all property owned by the Government shall be held in the name of the Government of Belize, (2) The Government shall have power to enter into procurement or sale contracts using either the limited tendering procedure, the open tendering procedure, or the selective (3) All contracts made, whether in or outside Belize, for and on behalf of the Government shall, if reduced to writing, be made in the name of the Government and may be lawfully signed by a Minister, or an Ambassador or High Commissioner or Chief Executive Officer or Permanent Representative, Provided however, that any other public officer may sign a contract if duly authorized in writing by the Minister, either specifically in any particular case, or generally for all contracts below a certain value in a Ministry. (4) In making an authorization under subsection (3) of this section, it shall be sufficient for the Minister to name the office held by such public officer and the Minister shall cause such authorization to be published in the Gazette. 25 (5) All contracts made outside of Belize for and on behalf of the Government by a person either generally or specifically authorized in writing in that behalf by the Minister shall, so far as they come within the jurisdiction of Belize, be deemed to be government contracts. (6) No Minister, Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador, High Commissioner, Permanent Representative, or any other public officer duly authorized in writing by the Minister, shall be liable to be sued personally upon any contract which he or she makes in that capacity for and on behalf of the Government in accordance with this Act.