Companies Act, 2013
138.
Internal
audit.
1. Such class or classes
of companies as may be prescribed shall be required to appoint an internal
auditor, who shall either be a chartered accountant or a cost accountant, or
such other professional as may be decided by the Board to conduct internal
audit of the functions and activities of the company.
2. The Central
Government may, by rules, prescribe the manner and the intervals in which the
internal audit shall be conducted and reported to the Board.