Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981
19. Accounts and
audit of Export Development Fund.-
1.
The
balance-sheet and accounts of the Export Development Fund shall be prepared in
such form and manner as may be prescribed.
2.
The
Board shall cause the books and accounts of the Export Development Fund to be
closed and balanced as on the 31st day of December or such other date in each
year as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
specify:
Provided that with a view to facilitating the
transition from one period of accounting to another period of accounting under
this sub- section, the Central Government may, by order published in the
Official Gazette, make such provisions as it considers necessary or expedient
for the closing and balancing of, or for other matters relating to, the books
or accounts in respect of the concerned years.
1.
2.
3.
The
Export Development Fund shall be audited by one or more auditors appointed by
the Central Government under section 24 who shall make a separate report
thereon.
4.
The
provisions of sub-sections (2), (3), (4) and (6) of section 24 shall, so far as
may be, apply in relation to the audit of the Export Development Fund.
5.
The
Exim Bank shall furnish to the Central Government, within four months from the
date on which the accounts of the Export Development Fund are closed and
balanced, a copy of the balance-sheet and accounts together with a copy of the
auditors' report and a report on the operation of the Fund during the relevant
year and the Central Government shall, as soon as may be after they are
received by it, cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.