(1) The National Election Office shall be a central budgetary organ with heading-related powers, and its budget shall form a separate title within the budget heading of the National Assembly.

(2) The total expenditure and total revenue in the budget of the National Election Office for the relevant year may be reduced by the National Assembly only.

(2a) The president of the National Election Office may from the expenditure appropriations of the National Election Office for the relevant year reallocate, for the budgetary year in question, funds necessary for the performance of election-related tasks to other organs participating in the conduct of elections.

(3) A remainder of the revenues from the previous year may be used by the National Election Office in the following years to carry out its tasks.