(1) The Commission shall maintain proper accounts and other Accounts relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such and Audit.
form as may be prescribed by the State Government in consultation with the Accountant-General, West Bengal.
(2) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited by the Accountant-General, West Bengal, at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Commission to the Accountant-General, West Bengal.
(3) The Accountant-General, West Bengal, and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Commission under this Act shall have the same rights and privileges and the authority in connection with such audit as the Accountant-General, West Bengal, generally has in connection with the audit of Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Commission.
14. The Commission shall prepare, in such form and at such time, for each financial year, as may be prescribed, its annual report giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copy thereof to the State Government.
15. The State Government shall cause the annual report, together with a memorandum of action taken on the advice tendered by the Commission under section 9 and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any such advice, and the audit report to be laid as soon as may be after they are received before the State Legislature.
CHAPTER V Miscellaneous Annual Report.
Annual report and Audit report to be laid before State Legislature.
16. The Chairperson, Members and employees of the Commission Chairperson, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 Ma hers and 45 of 1860. of the Indian Penal Code. employees of the Commission to be public servants.