(1) The Commission shall maintain proper accounts and otherrelevant record and prepare annual statement of accounts in such form, asmay be prescribed.
(2) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited by the LocalFunds Examiner, Punjab, within three months after the close of each-financialyear and any expenditure in connection with such audit, shall be payable by theCommission to the Local Funds Examiner, Punjab.
(3) The accounts of the Commission, as certified by the Local FundExaminer, Punjab, together with the audit report thereon, shall be forwardedannually to the Government by the Commission.
19. The Commission shall prepare, in such form and at such time, for each financial year, as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a fullaccount of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copythereof to the Government.
20. The Government shall cause the annual report togetherwith a memorandum of action taken on the recommendations containedtherein, in sofar as they relate to the Government and the reasons for the non-acceptance,if any, of any of such recommendations, and the audit report, to be laid, as soonas may be, after the reports, are received, before the State Legislature.
1[21. The Chairperson, Members, other than Honorary Member(s), officers and other employees of the Commission shall 1Substituted by Punjab Act No.30 of 2015, Section 8 Grants by the State Government.
Accounts and Audit.
Annual Report.
Annual Report and Audit report to be laid before the State Legislature.
Chairperson, Members and staff of the Commission to be public servants.
be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.]
22. Whoever being legally bound to obey any order of the Commissionunder section 12 or theorder of an officer or investigating agency referred toin section 14, intentionally omits to do so or furnishes false information, shall,on conviction, be punished under sections 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179 and 180of the Indian Penal Code, as the case may be.
1[23. No court shall take cognizance of any offence specified in section 22, except on a complaint in writing of the Chairperson or an officer, authorized by the Chairperson in this behalf.]