Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Council shall cause to be maintained such books of account and other books in relation to its accounts in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by regulation. (2) The accounts of the Council shall be prepared before such date and at such intervals and in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) The Council shall, as soon as may be, after closing its annual accounts, prepare a statement of accounts in such form, and shall get it audited by such auditor as may be prescribed by regulation and the Council shall bear the cost of such audit. (4) As soon as the accounts of the Council are audited, the Council shall send a copy thereof, together with a copy of the report, to the State Government in such manner as may be prescribed by regulation. (5) Subject to the provisions of the Comptroller and Auditor- General's (Duties, 56 of 1971. Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 and the rules made thereunder, the Governor of West Bengal may entrust the audit of the accounts of the Board to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Council to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (6) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf shall have the same rights, privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the audit of the Government accounts. (7) The accounts of the Council as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report and the Audit Certificate thereon shall be forwarded to the State Government and the State Government shall cause the same to be laid, as soon as may be after it is received, before the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. CHAPTER VII Duties, Obligations, Powers and Functions of Council The objects of the council.