Punjab Reorganisation Act : Reports relating to the accounts of the existing State of Punjab. Indian

Punjab Reorganisation Act,1966

Act No : 31

Section : Reports relating to the accounts of the existing State of Punjab.

44. Reports relating to the accounts of the existing State of Punjab. (1) The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India referred to in clause (2) of article 151 relating to the accounts of the existing State of Punjab in respect of any period prior to the appointed day, shall be submitted to the Governor of each of the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Administrator of Himachal Pradesh who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of that State or Union territory, as the case may be. (2) The President may by order-- (a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of Punjab on any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year 1966-67 or in respect of any earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service and for that year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised, and 786 (b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports.