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Appointment of Director—-(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a person, having such qualifications as may be prescri- bed, to be the Director of Local Fund Audit in charec of the audit of accounts of a local authority or a local fund included in the Schedule. (2) The Government may appoint such other officers in the Local Fund Audit Department to assist the Direcicer in the exercise of his powers and the discharge of his functions and dutics under this Act. (3) Allofficers and staff of the Local Fund Audit Department shall be subordinate to the Dircctor who shal! have general superintendence and conirol over them in the nerformance of their functions under this Aci or the rules made thereuneicr. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1} — (a) the Examiner of Local Fund Accounts in the State funciioning — as such immediatcly preceding ihe conunencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Director appointed under sub-section (1) and shall continue to function as such Director till a new Director is appointed undcr that sub-section; and (b} the Joint Examiner of Local Fund Accoun's and the Deputy Examiner of Local Fund Accounis functioning as such in the Loca Fund Audit Department of the State immediately preceding the commencement of this Act shall, atsuch commencement, be known as the ‘Joint Director of Local Fund Audit’ and the ‘Deputy Director of Local Fund Audit’ , lespectiveiy. 4+. Audit of eccounts—(1} Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, but subject to the provisions of the Comptroller and Auditor General, (Duties, Powers and Condi‘jons of Service) Act, 1971 (Central Act 56 of 1971), the Director shall, in the manner provided by or under this Act, conduct the audit of accounts of a local authority or a lacal fund included in the Schedule. (2) Governmeni may, by notification in the Gazette and for reasons to be specified thercin, add any other authority, body, institution or local fund to the Schedule referrcd to in sub-section (1) ‘and on the publicatien of the noti- fication, stich authority, body, institution or local fund shall be deemed to be added to the Schedule. (3) No authority, body, institution or local fund included in the Schedule referred to in sub-section (1) shall be omitted therefrom except by the authority of a law made by the State Legislature, 4