Cap. 643 Art. 20Accounts and audit.     Cap. 396.

(1) The Authority shall ensure that proper accounts and other records are kept in respect of its operations and shall cause a statement of accounts to be prepared in respect of each financial year.

(2) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by auditors to be appointed by the Authority and approved by the Minister:

Provided that the Minister may require the books and accounts of the Authority to be audited or examined by the Auditor

General who shall for this purpose have all the powers set out in the

Auditor General and National Audit Office Act.

(3) After the end of each financial year, and in any case not later than the date on which the estimates of the Authority are forwarded to the Minister under article 17, the Authority shall cause a copy of the statement of accounts duly audited to be transmitted to the Minister and to the Minister responsible for finance, together with a copy of any report made by the auditors on that statement or on the accounts of the Authority.

(4) The Minister shall, at the earliest opportunity and in any case not later than eight (8) weeks after he has received a copy of every such statement and report, or if at any time during that period the House is not in session, within eight (8) weeks from the beginning of the following session, cause every such statement and report to be laid on the Table of the House.