Singapore legislation
Schedule 5
Schedule 5
Financial Provisions
FIFTH SCHEDULESection 13Financial ProvisionsFinancial year
1. The financial year of the Authority shall begin on 1st April of each year and end on 31st March of the succeeding year, except that the first financial year of the Authority shall begin on the appointed day and shall end on 31st March 1995.Accounts to be kept
2. The Authority shall keep proper accounts and records of its transactions and affairs and shall do all things necessary to ensure that all payments out of its moneys are correctly made and properly authorised and that adequate control is maintained over the assets of, or in the custody of, the Authority and over the expenditure incurred by the Authority.Financial statements
3. The Authority shall, as soon as practicable in each year, prepare and submit financial statements in respect of the preceding financial year to the auditor appointed under paragraph 4(1).Appointment of auditor4.—
The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by the Auditor-General or such other auditor as may be appointed annually by the Minister in consultation with the Auditor-General.(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as an auditor under sub-paragraph (1) unless he is an approved company auditor under the Companies Act [Cap. 50].Remuneration of auditor
5. The remuneration of the auditor shall be paid out of the funds of the Authority.Powers of auditor
6. The auditor or any person authorised by him shall be entitled at all reasonable times to full and free access to all accounting and other records relating, directly or indirectly, to the financial transactions of the Authority and may make copies of, or extracts from, any such accounting and other records.Duties of auditor7.—
The auditor shall in his report state —
whether the financial statements show fairly the financial transactions and the state of affairs of the Authority;
whether proper accounting and other records have been kept, including records of all assets of the Authority whether purchased, donated or otherwise;
whether receipts, expenditure and investment of moneys and the acquisition and disposal of assets by the Authority during the financial year have been in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and
such other matters, arising from the audit as he considers necessary.(2) The auditor shall send a report of his audit to the Minister through the Authority.(3) The auditor may at any other time report to the Minister through the Authority upon any matter arising out of the performance of his audit.Failure to furnish information to auditor8.—
The auditor or any person authorised by him may require any person to furnish him with such information in the possession of that person or to which that person has access as the auditor considers necessary for the purposes of his functions under this Act.(2) Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement of the auditor under sub-paragraph (1) or who otherwise hinders, obstructs or delays the auditor in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his powers shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.Presentation of financial statements and auditor’s report to Parliament9.—
As soon as the financial statements have been audited in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Authority shall send to the Minister a copy of the audited financial statements, signed by the Chairman, together with a copy of any report made by the auditor.(2) Where the Auditor-General is not the auditor of the Authority, a copy of the audited financial statements and any report made by the auditor shall be forwarded to the Auditor-General when they are submitted to the Authority.(3) The Minister shall as soon as practicable cause a copy of the audited financial statements and of the report of the auditor to be presented to Parliament.