(1) The Commission shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant record in such Form, as may be prescribed.
(2) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited annually by the auditors appointed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of Punjab.
(3) The auditors shall have access to all the accounts and other records of the Commission.
(4) The accounts of the Commission, as certified by the auditors, together with a copy of the audit report, shall be forwarded to the Government by the Commission.
18. The Commission shall prepare, in such Form and at such time, for each financial year, as may be prescribed, its annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous financial year, alongwith its recommendations, and forward a copy thereof to the Government.
19. The Government shall cause the annual report together with a memorandum of action taken on the recommendations contained therein, and the audit report to be laid, as soon as may be, after the reports are received before the State Legislature.
20. The Commission may submit to the Government a special report on any matter of public importance pertaining to the interests of the Minorities.
21. In the case of non-acceptance of any recommendations, the Commission shall have the right to be heard by the Government.
22. The Commission may, for the purposes of conducting any examination under this Act, utilize the services of any agency of the Government with the prior approval of the Government.
23. No statement made by a person to the Commission in the course of giving evidence shall be used against him in any civil or criminal proceedings, except for prosecuting him for giving false evidence.
Accounts and Audit.
Annual report and audit report to be laid before the State Legislature.
Special report.
Right to be heard.
Protection for statement made to the Commission.
Annual report.
Power to utilize services of agencies.
Budget of Commission and grants by the Government.
24. The 1 [Chairperson, Senior Vice-Chairperson, Vice- Chairperson], Members and officers authorized by the Commission to perform functions under this Act, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860).
25. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the 2 [Chairperson, Senior Vice-Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson] Members or officers performing functions under this Act or under the authority of the Commission, in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act by or under the authority of the Commission.
26. The Government may establish a Library, an Information Cell, a Research Cell and such other Cells, as may be recommended by the Commission.