Subject to compliance with the provisions of articles LO 6471-4, LO 6471-10 and LO 6471-11, amendments may be made to the budget by the territorial council, up to the end of the financial year to which they apply.
Within a period of twenty-one days following the end of the financial year, the Territorial Council may, in addition, make amendments to the budget to adjust the appropriations in the operating section to pay expenditure committed before 31 December and enter the appropriations required to carry out tidying operations in each of the two sections of the budget or between the two sections.
The deliberations relating to the budgetary modifications provided for in the second paragraph must be sent to the State representative no later than five days after the deadline set for their adoption. The payments resulting from the budget amendments thus decided must be completed no later than 31 January following the financial year to which they relate.