Section 5

If it appears to the Minister necessary to alter the proportion assigned to the subheads under a head of expenditure shown in a statement of any expenditure approved by the Dewan Rakyat under subsection 4(3), he may by warrant under his hand direct that there shall be applied in aid of any subhead which may be deficient a further sum out of any surplus arising on any other subhead of the same head:

Provided that the amount appropriated under any head of expenditure by a resolution passed under subsection 4(3) is not thereby exceeded:

And provided further that the estimated total cost of any project, work or undertaking to which such subhead relates, as specified in the last preceding statement laid before the Dewan Rakyat pursuant to subsections 4(1) and (2) is not thereby exceeded.