Meghalaya Local Fund (Accounts and Audit) (Amendment) Act, 1988
No: 1 Dated: Mar, 19 1988
THE MEGHALAYA LOCAL FUNDS (ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1988
MEGHALAYA ACT NO. 1 OF 1988
An Act To amend the Meghalaya Local Funds (Accounts and Audit) Act Assam Act 2 of 1930 as adapted by the State of Meghalaya (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and extent :- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Local Fund (Accounts and Audit) (Amendment) Act, 1988
(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act
2. Amendment of Section 2:- In Section 2 of the principal Act, for clause (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(1) “Audit Officer” and “Auditor” means respectively the Audit officer of Local Accounts and the Auditor appointed under this Act.
3. Amendment of Section 4 :- In Section 4 of the principal Act-
(i) In sub-section (1), between the words “Examiner of Local Accounts” and “in Meghalaya” the words “and other Audit Officer of Local Accounts” shall be inserted.
(ii) In sub-section (3), between the words “Examiner of Local Accounts” and “or Auditors” the punctuation and words “Audit Officer” shall be inserted.
4. Amendment of Section 6:- In Section 6 of the principal Act, between the words “Auditor” and “Examiner of Local Accounts” the punctuation and words, “Audit Officers” shall be inserted.
5. Amendment of Section 15 :- In Section 15 of the principal Act, in clause (ii) of Subsection (2), between the words “Examiner of Local Account” and “Auditors” the p
6. Repeal of Meghalaya Ordinance 1 of 1987 :- The Meghalaya Local Funds (Accounts and Audit) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1987 is hereby repealed