Section 34, Food Corporations Act, 1964: Accounts and audit.

Section 34: Accounts and audit.

The Food Corporations Act, 1964Central Act · Act 37 of 1964

[34. Accounts and audit.--(1) A Food Corporation shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts including the profit and loss account and the balance-sheet in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

(2) The accounts of a Food Corporation shall be audited annually by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Food Corporation to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of a Food Corporation shall have the same rights, privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General 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 office of the Food Corporation.

(4) The accounts of a Food Corporation as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India to,--

(i) the Food Corporation concerned;

(ii) where the accounts relate to a State Food Corporation, also to the Food Corporation of India;

(iii) the Central Government,

and that Government shall, as soon thereafter as may be, cause the same to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Food Corporations Act, 1964
Section	34
Marginal note	Accounts and audit.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

Act

The Food Corporations Act, 1964

Section

Marginal note

Accounts and audit.

Jurisdiction

Central

Status

In 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, Act 12 of 2000. . Subs. by Act 12 of 2000, s. 2, for section 34 (w.e.f. 2-6-2000).

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