REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No 40] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 1,1976/PHAL GUNA 11, 1897 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 1st March, 1976/Phalguna 11, 1897 (Saka) THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL'S (DUTIES , POWERS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1976 No. I OF 1976 Promulgated by the President in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India. An Ordinance to amend the Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971. WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action; Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers! conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance: —
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Comptroller and Auditor- General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 1976.
(2) It shall come into force at once. Short title and commencement. 2, During the period of operation of this Ordinance, the Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in sections 3 to 5. Act 56 of 1971 to be temporarily amended. ( 3 1 3 ) 314 T H E GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IT—SEC. 1]
3. In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) —
(a) for the first proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely: — "Provided that the President may, after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, by order, relieve him from the responsibility for compiling—
(i) the said accounts of the Union (either at once or gradually by the issue of several orders); or
(ii) the accounts of any particular services or departments of the Union:
Provided further that the Governor of a State may, with the previous approval of the President and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, by order, relieve him from the responsibility for compiling—
(i) the said accounts of the State (either at once or gradually by the issue of several 'orders); or
(ii) the accounts of any particular services or departments of the State:";
(b) in the second proviso, for the words "Provided further", the words "Provided also" shall be substituted. Amendment of section
10.
4. In section 11 of the principal Act, for the words "by any other person responsible in that behalf", the words "by the Government or any other person responsible in that behalf" shall be substituted. Amendment of section
11.
5. In section 22 of the principal Act,—
(a) in clause (b) of sub-section (2), after the words "the accounts of", the words "the Union or of a State or of" shall be inserted;
(b) in sub-section (3), for the words "in two successive sessions", the words "in two or more successive sessions", and for the words "the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following", the words "the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid" shall be substituted. Amendment of section
22. FAKHRUDDIN ALI AHMED, President. K. K. SUNTJARAM, Secy, to the Govt. of India. PRINTED HY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERN MENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AMD PUHLISHED DY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1976