(1) This Act may be called the 2Telangana Promotion of Social Audit and Prevention of Corrupt Practices Act, 2012.
(2) It extends to whole of the State of 2Telangana and applies to all persons residing in the State of 2Telangana or concerned with the implementation of various Government schemes and programmes subjected to social audit.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 19th August, 2011.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Assistant Project Director” means an officer appointed by the Commissioner, Rural Development for overseeing the implementation of the schemes and programmes above the Mandal level;
(b) “Corrupt practice” means an act or omission made by any functionary entrusted with a task by the concerned Authority of Government with the intention of defrauding Government or depriving the beneficiaries for whom the various Government schemes and programmes are intended;
1. The Andhra Pradesh Promotion of Social Audit and Prevention of Corrupt Practices Act, 2012 received the assent of the Governor on
11.04.2012. The said Act in force in the combined State, as on
02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
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(c) “Court” means a Special Mobile Court established under section 3;
(d) “Government” means the State Government of 3Telangana;
(e) “Notification” means a notification published in the 3Telangana Gazette and the word “notified” shall be construed accordingly;
(f) “Observer” means an officer not less than the rank of Tahsildar working in a district deputed by the District Collector to attend the Social Audit Gram Sabha;
(g) “Offence” means any act or omission made punishable under this Act;
(h) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act;
(i) “Social Audit” means public auditing of the details of implementation of any Government schemes and programmes including by way of ground level verification of works, pay orders or other records with reference to beneficiaries of the scheme and programmes conducted by the primary stakeholders with the active involvement of the Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (SSAAT);
(j) “Social Auditors” means the beneficiaries or members from the beneficiary families identified by the SSAAT, trained in Social Audit processes and who will carry out the Social Audits and present the findings in the Social Audit Gram Sabha;
3. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
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(k) “Social Audit Gram Sabha” means a Gram Sabha specially convened on the conclusion of the social audit process in which the Social Audit report is read out;
(I) “Social Audit Mandal Public Hearing” means the social audit public hearing at the Mandal level conducted by the District Collector or any other officer authorised on his behalf, in the manner prescribed under Social audit rules;
(m) “Social Audit Rules” means the rules made by Government for conduct of social audit for various Government schemes and programmes from time to time;
(n) “Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (SSAAT)” means the Society, which is the apex body at the State level for overseeing the process of social audits, registered by the Government under the 4Telangana Societies Registration Act, 2001 mandated to facilitate conducting of social audit of various Government schemes and programmes;
(0) “Special Magistrate” means the Magistrate appointed as such under section 3.