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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
Financial Provisions With Respect to Agency
1. The financial year of the Agency shall comprise such period as may be specified in the memorandum and articles of association of the Agency.
2. The Agency shall keep proper accounts and records of its transactions and affairs and shall do all things necessary to ensure that all payments out of its moneys are properly authorised and correctly made and that adequate control is maintained over the assets of, or in the custody of, the Agency and over the expenditure incurred by the Agency.
3. The accounts of the Agency shall be audited by the Auditor-General or such other auditor as may be appointed annually by the Agency in consultation with the Auditor-General.
4. A person shall not be qualified for appointment as an auditor under paragraph 3 unless he is a public accountant who is registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act (Cap. 2).
5. The remuneration of the auditor shall be paid out of the DI Fund, PPF Life Fund and PPF General Fund in such proportion as the Agency considers proper.
6. The Agency shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each financial year, prepare and submit financial statements in respect of that year to the auditor of the Agency.
7. The auditor shall in his report state —
(a)
whether the financial statements show fairly the financial transactions and the state of affairs of the Agency;
(b)
whether proper accounting and other records have been kept, including records of all assets of the Agency, whether purchased, donated or otherwise;
(c)
whether the receipts, expenditure and investment of moneys and the acquisition and disposal of assets by the Agency during the financial year were in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and
(d)
such other matters arising from the audit as he considers necessary.
8.—(1) The auditor shall, as soon as practicable after the accounts have been submitted for audit, send a report of his audit to the Agency.
(2) The auditor shall submit such periodical and special reports to the Minister and to the Agency as may appear to him to be necessary or as the Minister or the Agency may require.
9.—(1) The auditor or any person authorised by him shall be entitled at all reasonable times to full and free access to all accounting and other records relating, directly or indirectly, to the financial transactions of the Agency and may make copies of or extracts from any such accounting and other records.
(2) The auditor or any person authorised by him may require any person to furnish him with such information in the possession of that person or to which that person has access as the auditor considers necessary for the purposes of his functions under this Act.
10. Any person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement of the auditor under paragraph 9(2) or who otherwise hinders, obstructs or delays the auditor in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his powers shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000.
11. The Agency shall, as soon as the financial statements have been audited in accordance with the provisions of this Act, submit a copy of the audited financial statements, together with a copy of the auditor’s report, to the Minister.
12. Where the Auditor-General is not the auditor of the Agency, the Agency shall cause to be sent to the Auditor-General a copy of the audited financial statements and any report made by the auditor at the same time they are submitted to the Minister.