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10. Accounts and Auditing

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The financial year of the body corporate shall be the calendar year.

(2)

The body corporate shall cause proper accounts to be kept of its income and expenditure, assets and liabilities and all other transactions of the body corporate.

(3)

The accounts of the body corporate shall be audited annually by a qualified auditor appointed by Auditor General in terms of provisions of Article 154 of the Constitution and be certified by such qualified Auditor.

(4)

For the purposes of this section “a qualified auditor”

means–

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Dedigama Sri Maithri Pragnartha Bouddha

Educational Daham Sabhawa (Incorporation)

Act, No. 35 of 2024

(a)

an individual who, being a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka or of any other Institute established by law, possesses a certificate to practice as an Accountant, issued by the Council of such Institute; or

(b)

a firm of Accountants, each of the resident partners of which, being a member of the Institute of Chartered

Accountants of Sri Lanka or of any other institute established by law, possesses a certificate to practice as an Accountant, issued by the Council of such

Institute.