Section 4

The Minister for Finance shall in respect of every financial year cause to be presented to Parliament estimates of the proposed expenditure out of the Development Fund for that year and of the sums necessary to meet each head and subhead of expenditure.

Parliament may by resolution approve all or any of the expenditure or any part thereof shown in such estimates and shall by that resolution appropriate the sums necessary to meet such approved expenditure for the purposes specified in the resolution.

If in respect of any financial year it is found that the amount appropriated under any head of expenditure is insufficient, the Minister for Finance shall cause to be presented to Parliament supplementary estimates showing the sums required to be spent, and Parliament may by resolution approve all or any of such expenditure or any part thereof and shall by such resolution appropriate the sums necessary to meet such approved expenditure for the purposes specified in the resolution.

The Minister for Finance may by warrant under his hand authorise the issue of any sum appropriated for expenditure in pursuance of subsection (2) or (3).

If it appears to the Minister for Finance to be necessary to alter the proportion assigned to any of the subheads of any head of expenditure appropriated in pursuance of subsection (2) or (3), or to create a new subhead, he may by warrant under his hand authorise the transfer of a further sum out of any surplus arising on any other subhead of the same head, in aid of any subhead which may be deficient or of any new subhead:Provided that the amount appropriated under any head of expenditure by a resolution passed in pursuance of subsection (2) or (3) shall not be thereby exceeded.