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Section 206: Report by the Municipal Chief Auditor.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

(1) The Municipal Chief Auditor shall---

(a) report to the Standing Committee any material impropriety or irregularity which he may at any time observe in the expenditure or in the recovery of moneys due to [[the Corporation]] or in the municipal accounts;

(b) furnish to the Standing Committee such information as that Committee may from time to time require concerning the progress of the audit.

(2) The Standing Committee shall cause to be laid before [[the Corporation]] every report made by the Municipal Chief Auditor to the Standing Committee and every statement of the views of the Municipal Chief Auditor on any matter affecting the exercise and performance of the powers and duties assigned to him under this Act which the Municipal Chief Auditor may require the Standing Committee to place before [[the Corporation]] together with a report stating what orders have been passed by the Standing Committee upon such report or statement, and [[the Corporation]] may take such action in regard to any of the matters aforesaid as [[the Corporation]] may deem necessary.

(3) As soon as may be after the commencement of each year the Municipal Chief Auditor shall deliver to the Standing Committee a report of the entire municipal accounts for the previous year.

(4) The Commissioner shall cause the said report to be printed and shall forward as soon as may be a printed copy thereof to each councillor and alderman.

(5) The Commissioner shall also forward without delay to the *** Government so many copies of the said report as may be required by that Government with a brief statement of the action, if any taken or proposed to be taken thereon.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section206
Marginal noteReport by the Municipal Chief Auditor.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2 “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012)
  • substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).
  • omitted, Act 67 of 1993. . The word Central omitted by Act 67 of 1993, s. 93 (w.e.f. 1-10-1993).

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