Chapter XI - Finance, Accounts, Audit and Reports
Section 83
Section 83: Accounts and audit of Food Authority
The Food Authority must maintain accounts and submit to Comptroller and Auditor-General audit.
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Statutory text
Bare law
(1) The Food Authority shall maintain proper accounts and relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(2) The Comptroller and Auditor-General and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Food Authority under this Act shall have the same rights and privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General generally has in connection with the audit of Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Food Authority.
(3) The accounts of the Food Authority, as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor- General or any other person appointed by him in this behalf, together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government by the Food Authority and the Central Government shall cause the audit report to be laid, as soon as may be after it is received, before each House of Parliament.
Key takeaways
Core rule
The Food Authority must maintain accounts and submit to Comptroller and Auditor-General audit.
Practical check
Keep the annual statement, audit findings and forwarding or laying record.
Scope and operation
The annual accounts follow the prescribed form. The auditor can demand books, vouchers and records and inspect Authority offices; certified accounts and the audit report go to the Central Government and Parliament.
Applying the section
Keep the annual statement, audit findings and forwarding or laying record.
Official sources
Read the consolidated Act with the enacted and commenced amendments applicable to this section.
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