The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
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No 40] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 1,1976/PHAL GUNA 11, 1897
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 1st March, 1976/Phalguna 11, 1897 (Saka)
THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL'S (DUTIES , POWERS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE)
AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1976 No. I OF 1976 Promulgated by the President in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India.
An Ordinance to amend the Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971.
WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take im- mediate action;
Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers! conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance: —
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Comptroller and Auditor- General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordi- nance, 1976.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
314 T HE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IT—SEC. 1] 3. In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) —(a) for the first proviso, the following provisos shall be sub- stituted, namely: —
Amend- ment of section 10.
"Provided that the President may, after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, by order, relieve him from the responsibility for compiling—
(i) the said accounts of the Union (either at once or gradually by the issue of several orders); or
(ii) the accounts of any particular services or depart- ments of the Union: Provided further that the Governor of a State may, with the previous approval of the President and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, by order, relieve him from the responsibility for compiling—
(i) the said accounts of the State (either at once or gradually by the issue of several 'orders); or
(ii) the accounts of any particular services or depart- ments of the State:";
(b) in the second proviso, for the words "Provided further", the words "Provided also" shall be substituted.
Amend- ment of section
4. In section 11 of the principal Act, for the words "by any other per- son responsible in that behalf", the words "by the Government or any other person responsible in that behalf" shall be substituted.
11.
5. In section 22 of the principal Act,—
(a) in clause (b) of sub-section (2), after the words "the ac- counts of", the words "the Union or of a State or of" shall be inserted;
Amend- ment of section 22.
(b) in sub-section (3), for the words "in two successive sessions", the words "in two or more successive sessions", and for the words "the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following", the words "the session immediately following the session or the suc- cessive sessions aforesaid" shall be substituted.
FAKHRUDDIN ALI AHMED,
President.
K. K. SUNTJARAM,