Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
7. Reports and accounts of Development Councils
(1) A Development Council shall prepare and transmit to the
Central Government and the Advisory Council, annually, a report setting out
what has been done in the discharge of its functions during the financial year
last completed.
(2) The report shall include a statement of the accounts of the
Development Council for that year, and shall be transmitted as soon as accounts
therefor have been audited, together with a copy of any report made by the
auditors on the accounts.
(3) The statement of accounts shall be in such form as may be
prescribed, being a form which shall conform to the best commercial standards,
and the statement shall show the total of remuneration and allowances paid
during the year to members and officers of the Council.
(4) A copy of each such report of a Development Council, or made
by the auditors on its accounts, shall be laid before Parliament by the Central
Government.