Accounts and audit

(1) Accounts of income and expenditure of the Commission shall be kept in accordance with such rules, as may be prescribed.

1. (2) The Commission shall prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed.
2. (3) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited annually by such auditor as the State Government may appoint.
3. (4) The auditor shall, for the purposes of audit have access to all the accounts and other records of the Commission.
4. (5) The Commission shall pay out of the grant such charges for the audit, as may be prescribed.
5. (6) As soon as after the receipt of the report from the auditor, the Commission shall send a copy of the annual statement of accounts, together with a copy of the report of the auditor to the State Government and shall cause to be published the annual statement of accounts in such manner as may be prescribed.
6. (7) After receipt of the audit report the State Government shall take necessary steps to lay the report before both houses of state Legislature.
7. (8) The State Government may, after perusal of the auditor report give such directions as it thinks fit to the Commission and the Commission shall comply with such directions. CHAPTER - V MISCELLANEOUS