Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Amendment) Bill

This Act may be cited as the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1976, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Section 16 of the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation Act, 1972 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (3) thereof the following new subsection: —“(4) In every case where a person has been transferred to the service of the Corporation under section 15 of this Act, the Government shall be liable to pay to the Corporation such portion of any gratuity, pension or allowance payable to such person on his retirement as the same shall bear to the proportion which the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service with the Government bears to the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service under both the Government and the Corporation.”.

Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Financial provisions

21. The financial provisions set out in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Corporation.”.

The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 24 thereof the following new Schedule: —“THE SCHEDULESection 21.

1. The Corporation 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 custody of, the Corporation and over the expenditure incurred by the Corporation.

2. The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited by the Auditor-General or by an auditor appointed annually by the Minister in consultation with the Auditor-General (hereinafter in this Schedule referred to as “the Auditor”).

3. The Auditor shall be paid out of the funds of the Corporation.

4. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the close of the financial year, prepare and submit the financial statements in respect of that year to the Auditor who shall audit and report on them.

5. The Auditor shall report —

6. The Auditor shall state in his report whether —

7. The Auditor may at any other time report to the Minister through the Corporation upon any matter arising out of the performance of his audit.

8. 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 Corporation.

9. The Auditor or a person authorised by him may make copies of, or make extracts from, any such accounting and other records.

10. The Auditor or any person authorised by him may require any person to furnish him with such information which such person possesses or has access as the Auditor or any duly authorised person considers necessary for the purposes of the functions of the Auditor under this Act.

11. Any officer of the Corporation who refuses or fails without any reasonable cause to allow the Auditor access to any accounting and other records of the Corporation in his custody or power or to give any information possessed by him as and when required 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 five hundred dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every day or part thereof during which the offence is continued after conviction.

12. As soon as the accounts of the Corporation and the financial statements have been audited in accordance with the provisions of this Act, a copy of the audited financial statements signed by the Chairman, together with a copy of any report made by the Auditor, shall be submitted to the Minister.

13. Where the Auditor-General has not been appointed to be the Auditor a copy of the audited financial statements and any report made by the Auditor shall be forwarded to the Auditor-General at the same time they are submitted to the Corporation.

14. The Minister shall cause a copy of the audited financial statements and of the Auditor’s report to be presented to Parliament.”.

Section 21.

1. The Corporation 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 custody of, the Corporation and over the expenditure incurred by the Corporation.

2. The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited by the Auditor-General or by an auditor appointed annually by the Minister in consultation with the Auditor-General (hereinafter in this Schedule referred to as “the Auditor”).

3. The Auditor shall be paid out of the funds of the Corporation.

4. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the close of the financial year, prepare and submit the financial statements in respect of that year to the Auditor who shall audit and report on them.

5. The Auditor shall report —

6. The Auditor shall state in his report whether —

7. The Auditor may at any other time report to the Minister through the Corporation upon any matter arising out of the performance of his audit.

8. 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 Corporation.

9. The Auditor or a person authorised by him may make copies of, or make extracts from, any such accounting and other records.

10. The Auditor or any person authorised by him may require any person to furnish him with such information which such person possesses or has access as the Auditor or any duly authorised person considers necessary for the purposes of the functions of the Auditor under this Act.

11. Any officer of the Corporation who refuses or fails without any reasonable cause to allow the Auditor access to any accounting and other records of the Corporation in his custody or power or to give any information possessed by him as and when required 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 five hundred dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every day or part thereof during which the offence is continued after conviction.

12. As soon as the accounts of the Corporation and the financial statements have been audited in accordance with the provisions of this Act, a copy of the audited financial statements signed by the Chairman, together with a copy of any report made by the Auditor, shall be submitted to the Minister.

13. Where the Auditor-General has not been appointed to be the Auditor a copy of the audited financial statements and any report made by the Auditor shall be forwarded to the Auditor-General at the same time they are submitted to the Corporation.

14. The Minister shall cause a copy of the audited financial statements and of the Auditor’s report to be presented to Parliament.”.