Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
35.Accounts
and audit of state Commission.-
(1)
The State commission shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records
and prepare an annual statement of accounts ins such form as may be prescribed
by the State Government in consultation with the Comptroller and
Auditor-General of India.
(2) The accounts of the State Commission shall be audited by the Comptroller
and Auditor-General at such intervals as may be specified by him and any
expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the
state Commission to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
(3)
The Comptroller and Auditor-General and nay person appointed by him in
connection with the audit of the accounts of the State Commission under this ac
shall have the same rights and privileges and the authority in connection with
such audit as the comptroller and Auditor-General has in connection with the
audit of 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 State Commission.
(4)
The accounts of the State Commission as certified by the comptroller and
Auditor-General or any other person appointed by him in this behalf, together
with the audit report thereon, shall be forwarded annually to the State
Government by the State commission and the State Government shall cause the
audit report to be laid, as soon as may be after it is received, before the
State legislature.