National Environmental Act 1980 · As enacted · Part I · Establishment of the Central Environmental Authority and an Environmental Council
6. Financial year and the audit of accounts of the Authority
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The financial year of the Authority shall be the calendar year.
The Authority shall cause. proper books of accounts to be kept of the income and expenditure, assets and liabili-ties and all other transactions of the Authority.
The Auditor-General shall audit the accounts of the
Authority every year in accordance with Article 154 of the
Constitution.
The Authority shall annually prepare a report of the work of the Authority and forward such report to the
Auditor-General who shall, together with his report table such reports in Parliament and such reports shall be published in the Gazette for general information before the lapse of the year succeeding the year to which such report of the finances relate.