22Accounts and audit of National Authority

(1) The National Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

(2) The accounts of the National Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the National Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General and any other person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the National Authority shall have the same right and privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General generally has in connection with the audit of the 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 the office of the National Authority.

(4) The accounts of the National Authority 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 Central Government by the National Authority.

(5) The Comptroller and Auditor-General shall, within a period of six months from the date of commencement of the Act, audit the accounts of the all monies collected by the State Governments and Union territory Administrations, which has been placed under the ad hoc Authority and deposited in the nationalised banks and submit the report to the Central Government under this section.

(6) The Central Government shall have the power to conduct the special audit or performance audit of the National Fund and of the National Authority through the Comptroller and Auditor- General.