Section 4: Duty of karanavan to keep accounts

(1) The karanavan shall keep true and correct accounts of the income and expenditure of the illom. The accounts of each year shall be available for inspection at the illom house by the major anandaravans once in a year throughout the month of February following such year and any such anandaravan may take copies of or extracts from such accounts.

(2) If the accounts are not made available for inspection as provided for in subsection (1) the Court of a Munsiff having jurisdiction over the place where the illom is situated may, on application by any major anadaravan, and after notice to the Karanavan, pass an order causing the accounts to be produced in Court and allowing the anandaravan to inspect or to take copies of, or extracts from, such accounts. The order passed by the Munsiff shall be executable as a decree passed by the Court.