IBC 223 — Accounts and audit

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

(1) The Board shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts  in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(2)  The  accounts  of  the  Board  shall  be  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  at such  intervals as  may  be  specified  by  him  and  any  expenditure  incurred  in  connection  with  such  audit shall be payable by the Board to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  other  person  appointed  by  him  in connection  with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Board  shall  have  the  same  rights  and  privileges  and authority  in  connection  with  such  audit  as  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  generally  has  in connection with the  audit of the  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 Board.
(4)  The  accounts  of  the  Board  as  certified  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  or  any other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  each House of Parliament.

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