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Report by the municipal chief auditor.— (1) The municipal chief auditor shall— (a) report to 1[the Standing Committee] any material impropriety or irregularity which he may at any time observe in the expenditure or in the recovery of moneys due to the corporation or in the municipal accounts; (b) furnish to 2[the Standing Committee] such information as the said committee shall from time to time require concerning the progress of the audit. (2) The 3[Standing Committee] shall cause to be laid before the corporation every report made by the municipal chief auditor to the 4[Standing Committee] and every statement of the views of the municipal chief auditor on any matter affecting the pursuance and exercise of the duties and powers assigned to him under this Act which the municipal chief auditor may require the 5[Standing Committee] to place before the corporation, together with a report stating what orders have been passed by the 6[Standing Committee] upon such report or statement, and the corporation may take such action in regard to the matters aforesaid as the corporation may deem necessary. (3) As soon as may be after the commencement of each official year the municipal chief auditor shall deliver to the 7[Standing Committee] a report upon the whole of the municipal accounts for the previous official year. (4) The 8[Commissioner] shall cause the said report to be printed and forward a printed copy thereof alongwith the printed copy of the Administration Report and Statement of Accounts which he is required by sub-section (3) of section 124 to forward to each councillor.] 9[137A. Application of sections 135, 136 and 137 to accounts of the 10[Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Fund.].— Sections 135, 136 and 137 shall apply to the accounts of the 11[Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Fund] as if— 12[(i) for the words “Standing Committee”, wherever they occur, the words “Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Committee” and for the word “Commissioner”, wherever it occurs, the words “General Manager” had been substituted; and] (ii) for the words, brackets and figures, “sub-section (3) of section 124 in sub-section (4) of section 137, the words, brackets, figures and letters “sub-section (2) of section 460NN” had been substituted.]