Companies Act, 1956
Sec 619 - Application of sections 224 to 233 to Government
companies.
(1) In the case of a Government company, the
following provisions shall apply, notwithstanding anything contained in
sections 224 to 233.
(2) The auditor of a Government company shall
be appointed or re-appointed by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India :
Provided that the limits specified in
sub-sections (1B) and (1C) of section 224 shall apply in relation to the
appointment or re-appointment of an auditor under this sub-section.
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of
India shall have power
(a) to direct the manner in which the
company's accounts shall be audited by the auditor appointed in pursuance of
sub-section (2) and to give such auditor instructions in regard to any matter
relating to the performance of his functions as such ;
(b) to conduct a supplementary or test audit
of the company's accounts by such person or persons as he may authorize in this
behalf ; and for the purposes of such audit, to require information or
additional information to be furnished to any person or persons, so authorized,
on such matters, by such person or persons, and in such form, as the
Comptroller and Auditor-General may, by general or special order, direct.
(4) The auditor aforesaid shall submit a copy
of his audit report to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India who shall
have the right to comment upon, or supplement, the audit report in such manner
as he may think fit.
(5) Any such comments upon, or supplement, to
the audit report shall be placed before the annual general meeting of the
company at the same time and in the same manner as the audit report.