S.L. const.2 Art. 120EThe Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

(1) The Standing Committee on Public Accounts shall have the power to:

(a) inquire into matters relating to public accounts referred to it by the House, a Minister or the Auditor

General;

(b) inquire into expenditure as is referred to in articles

103(3) and 104 of the Constitution;

(c) examine the accounts of statutory authorities, including parastatal organisations, whose accounts are presented to Parliament;

(d) to request the Auditor General to submit memoranda on any matter where a request for such submission is made by at least three members of the standing committee;

(e) to consider memoranda submitted by the Auditor General, made upon a request made to him in virtue of sub-paragraph (d) hereof, or on his own initiative;

(f) examine reports, and related documents, made by the Auditor General;

(g) report to the House on any accounts, reports or documents referred in the previous sub-paragraphs hereof; and

(h) report to the House on any change that it considers desirable in the form of the accounts, on the manner in which they are kept, on revenue or expenditure or the control of money.

(2) The Standing Committee on Public Accounts shall consist of not more than seven members of whom four shall constitute a quorum. The members shall be chosen so as fairly to represent the House in general and the proportion of Government and Opposition members in particular.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of standing order 120B shall apply to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

(4) One of the members nominated by the Leader of the Opposition and so designated by him after consultation with the Leader of the House shall be appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The chairman shall have an original vote but shall not have a casting vote.

(5) When a Minister, Parliamentary Secretary or Member is a member of the Committee and the Committee has before it a subject or a sector for its scrutiny of which that member of the Committee is or was directly responsible or was involved in during the period under discussion, that member of the Committee shall cede his place in favour of another Member for the meetings where the said subject or sector is being discussed according to the manner provided for in the Standing Orders.