Every member of the Board, *Executive Committee, Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission the Fund Manager and staff of the Board appointed under sub-section (1) of section 10 shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act 45 of 1860).
13. Protection for acts done in good faith —No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any member of the Board or any other person in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in good faith under this Act or under the scheme.
14. Power of Government to issue directions—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act it shall be lawful for the Government to issue directions to the Board in matters relating to State and National Policies and such directions shall be binding on the Board.
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(2) The Government may, after consultation with the Board, give to the Board general directions to be followed by the Board.
(3) In the exercise of the powers and performance of its duties under this Act, the Board shall not depart from any general direction issued under sub-section (2) except with the previous permission of Government.
15. Accounts and Audit— (1) The Board shall cause to be maintained such books of accounts and other books in relation to its accounts and prepare an annual statement of accounts and balance sheet in such form and in such manner as may be specified in the scheme.
(2) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by such auditor in such manner and at such time as the Government may, by general or special order, direct and the auditor so appointed shall have such powers of requiring the production of documents and the furnishing of information in respect of such matters.
* Inserted vide Act 15 of 2016, notification no. 15841/Leg. A1/2016/Law dated 05.11.2016
(3) The accounts of the Board as certified by the auditor together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Government who may issue such directions to the Board as they may deem fit and the Board shall comply with such directions.
16 Annual report and audited statement of accounts —(1) The annual report of the Board shall be prepared under the direction of the Board and after approval by the Board, a copy of the report shall be submitted to Government before the end of July every year.
(2) The Government shall, as soon as the annual report is received, cause the same together with the audited statement of accounts to be laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly.