(1) On days to be appointed by the Administrator after consultation with the Speaker which shall not be earlier than two days subsequent to the day on which the Budget is presented and for such time thereafter, as the Administrator after consultation with the Speaker may allot for this purpose, the House shall be at liberty to discuss the Budget as a whole or any question of principle involved therein, but no motion shall be moved at this stage, nor shall the Budget be submitted to the vote of the House.
(2) The Finance Minister shall have a general right of reply at the end of the discussion.
(3) The Speaker may, if he thinks fit, prescribe a time limit for speeches.
12. Voting on Demands, - (1) The voting on demands for grants shall take place on such days (not exceeding 15 days) as the Administrator may, after consultation with the Speaker, allot for the purpose.
(2) The demands for grants shall be presented in such order and discussion shall continue for such time within the period allotted under sub-rule
(1) as the Leader of the House, in consultation with the Leader of the Opposition may determine.
(3) On the days allotted under sub-rule (1), no other business except the questions shall be taken up without the consent of the Speaker.
(4) Motions may be moved at this stage to reduce or omit any grant but not to increase or alter the destination of a grant.
(5) No amendment to motions to reduce any grant shall be permissible.
(6) When several motions relating to the same demand are made they shall be discussed in the order in which the heads to which they relate appear in the Budget.
(7) On the last day of the days allocated under sub-rule (1), half-an-hour or so before the close of the usual sitting of the day, the Speaker shall forthwith put every question necessary to dispose of all the outstanding matters in connection with the demands for grants: and this procedure shall not be anticipated by any motion for adjournment or be interrupted in any manner whatsoever, nor shall any dilatory motion be moved in regard thereto.