Section 6
of Sabah Development Fund Ordinance 1963
Section 6
(1)
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri shall in respect of each financial year cause to be laid before the Legislative Assembly a statement of-
(a)
the estimated revenues of the Fund for that year;
(b)
the proposed expenditure out of the Fund for that year;
(c)
the sums necessary to meet each head and subhead of such proposed expenditure; and
(d)
the estimated total cost projects, works and undertakings included under any Head or Subhead of such proposed expenditure.
(2)
The Legislative Assembly may by resolution approve all or any of the expenditure or any part thereof shown in such statement, and shall by resolution appropriate the sums necessary to meet such approved expenditure for the purposes specified in such resolution.
(3)
If in respect of any financial year it is found that the amount appropriated under any head of expenditure is insufficient or that a need has arisen for the expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated in accordance with subsection (2) of this section the Minister for Finance shall cause a supplementary statement showing the sums required to be spent to be laid before the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Assembly 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.
“Yang di-Pertua Negeri” substituted for “Yang di-Pertua Negara” by virtue of Enactment No. 17 of 1976.
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(4)
If it appears to the Minister for Finance necessary to alter the sum assigned to any subhead under a head of expenditure appropriated in pursuance of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section he may 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 any head of expenditure in pursuance of subsection (2) or subsection (3) shall not thereby be exceeded: and
Provided further that the estimated total cost of any project, work or undertaking to which each subhead relates, as specified in the last preceding statement laid before the Legislative
Assembly pursuant to subsection (1) or (3) shall not thereby be exceeded.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of this section all appropriations made under this section shall lapse at the end of the financial year, and any balances remaining in the Fund shall thereafter be available for further appropriations:
Provided that if the purpose for which any sum shall have been appropriated remains uncompleted at the close of the years, the Minister for Finance may direct that any balance of such appropriation shall not lapse but shall be applied for the completion of such purpose during this ensuing year.
Audit.