Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act, 1962

Year: 1962

Enactment Date: 1962-03-30

Long Title: An Act to declare the institution known as the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan having its head office at Allahabad to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department: Department of Higher Education

Section 16: Accounts and audit.
    (1) The Sammelan shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts including the balance-sheet in such form as may be prescribed.
     (2) The accounts of the Sammelan shall, once at least in every year, be audited by a chartered accountant in practice within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, to be appointed annually by the Sammelan;
     Provided that no member of the Sammelan who is a chartered accountant or a person who is in partnership with such member shall be eligible for appointment as an auditor under this section.
     (3) Every auditor shall, in the performance of his duties, have at all reasonable times access to the books, accounts and other documents of the Sammelan.
     (4) As soon as may be practicable at the end of each year, the audited accounts of the Sammelan together with the audit report shall be forwarded to the Central Government.
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