section 39
The Board shall cause the books and accounts of Board to be balanced and closed in year each as on the thirty first day of March.
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978Infrastructure197897 sections8 chapters
Chapter V FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Statutory text
Audit Audit.
- (1) . The accounts of the Board shall be audited by an auditor duly qualified to act as an auditor under sub section
- (1) of section 226 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) who shall be appointed by the Board with the approval of the Government and who shall receive such remuneration as the Board may fix.
- (2) . The auditor shall be supplied with a copy of the annual accounts of the board and it shall be his duty to examine it together with the books and vouchers relating there to and he shall have a list delivered to him of all books kept by the board and shall at all reasonable times have access to the books, accounts, vouchers and other documents of the Board.
- (3) . The auditor may, in relation to such accounts, examine any past or present director, officer or other employee of the Board and shall be entitled to require from the Board or such Director, officer or other employees such information and explanation as he may think necessary for the performance of his duties.
- (4) . The auditor shall make a report to the Board upon the annual accounts examined by him and in every such report he shall state whether in his opinion the accounts exhibit a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Board and in case he had called for any information or explanation from or the Board or any past or present director, officer or other employee of the Board whether it has been given and whether it is satisfactory.
- (5) . Without prejudice to anything contained in the preceeding sub-sections, the Government may at any time appoint an auditor to examine and report upon the accounts of the Board and, any expenditure incurred by such auditor in connection with such examination and report, shall be payable by the Board.
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