CHAPER - VII
Budget accounts and audit
29.(1) The National Biodiversity Authority shall prepare a
budget, maintain proper accounts and other relevant records (including the
accounts and other relevant records of the
National Biodiversity Fund) and prepare an annual statement of account
in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation
with the Comptroller and Auditor‑General of India.
(2) The accounts of the
National Biodiversity Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor‑General
of India at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure
incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the National
Biodiversity Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor‑General of India.
(3) The Comptroller and
Auditor‑General of India and any other person appointed by him in
connection with the audit of the accounts of the National Biodiversity
Authority shall have the same rights and privileges and authority in connection
with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor‑General generally has in
connection with the audit of the Government accounts and, in particular, shall
have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers
and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the
National Biodiversity Authority.
(4) The accounts of the
National Biodiversity Authority as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor‑
General of