Accounts and Audit

II. (1) The Commission shall cause proper accounts and other records in relation thereto to be kept, including a proper system of internal check and shall prepare an annual statement of accounts, in such form as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Commission in consultation with the Accountant General, Haryana. (2) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited by the Accountant General, Haryana or by such person as he may authorise on his behalf and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with such audit shall be payable by the State Government. (3) The Accountant General Haryana or any person authorised by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Commission shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers of the Commission. (4) The account of the Commission as certified by the Accountant General Haryana or any other person authorised by him on his behalf, together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded to the State Government within six months of the close of the year to which the accounts audit report relates and the Commission shall cause the said accounts of the Commission to be published and make available copies thereof on sale at a reasonable price. The audit report shall contain full details of any discrepancies or irregularities in the accounts of the Commission. At the same time, the Commission shall publish an annual statement of its activities in relation to the functions carried out by it under this Act during the year to which the said accounts relate and make available copies thereof on sale at a reasonable price. (5) The State Government shall cause the accounts of the Commission, together with the audit report thereof forwarded to it under subparagraph (4) to be laid annually before the State Legislature.