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Section 3: Definitions

The Rajasthan Local Fund Audit Act, 1954State Act of Rajasthan · Act 28 of 1954

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context : -

(a) "Auditor" means the [Director] or any other person empowered by the State Government to perform the functions of an auditor under this Act;

(b) ["Chairman" means the President or Chairman, Mayor of a municipal institution, Pramukh, Pradhan, or Sarpanch of a Panchayati Raj Institution or Chairperson of any other local authority, by whatever name called, and in the case of a dissolved or superseded local authority, person or persons lawfully appointed to exercise the powers and perform the duties of such local authority;]

[(c) "Audit" includes Special Audit, Pre-Audit, Concurrent Audit, Post Audit including Detailed Audit and Test Audit;

i. "Special Audit" means an audit of accounts pertaining to a specified item or series of items requiring thorough examination;

ii. "Pre-Audit" means audit before payment, withdrawal or adjustment out of a local fund;

iii. "Concurrent Audit" means audit on the spot, either simultaneously with or soon after the making of payment, withdrawal or adjustment out of a Local Fund; and

iv. but includes Detailed Audit which means an audit of accounts for the whole year and Test Audit which means an audit of a certain period selected at random by the Director or any other authority empowered by him];

[(d) "Director" means the Director of Local Fund Audit Department and includes a senior Deputy Director, Deputy Director and an Assistant Director of the said department.]

[(dd) "Local Authority" shall mean a Municipal Board, Council, Corporation a Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, a Panchayat or other authority legally entitled to or entrusted by the Government with the control or management of municipal or local fund, and shall include society registered under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act 1958 ( Act, NO. 28 of 1958), such other institutions, boards, agencies or bodies as also subsidiaries thereof, constituted under any Rajasthan Law, which are in regular financial grant, subsidy, funds or finance assistant in any form from the Government.]

(e) "Local Fund" means any fund to the control or management of which a local authority is legally entitled and includes the proceeds of any cess, rate, duty, fee or tax which such authority is legally entitled to impose, and any property vested in such authority;

(f) [X X X]

(g) “Controlling Authority” means any officer appointed or authorised by the State Government to perform the functions of the Controlling Authority under this Act.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Local Fund Audit Act, 1954
Section3
Marginal noteDefinitions
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn 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, Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987. Substituted by Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987, published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 21-04-1987.
  • substituted, Rajasthan Act No. 8 of 1998. Substituted by Rajasthan Act No. 8 of 1998 , published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 31-06-1998
  • substituted, Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987. Substituted by Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987, published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 21-04-1987.
  • substituted, Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987. Substituted by Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987, published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 21-04-1987.
  • inserted, Rajasthan Act No. 8 of 1998. Inserted by Rajasthan Act No. 8 of 1998 , published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 31-06-1998.
  • omitted, Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987. Deleted by Rajasthan Act No. 17 of 1987, published in Rajasthan Gazette, Part IV-A, Extraordinary, dated 21-04-1987.

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