SPEAKER RATIFIES NATIONAL AUDIT ACT

The President will notify the date the National Audit Act provisions will come into operation through an Order under a fresh Gazette, Presidential Secretariat sources said.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya gave his assent to the National Audit Act yesterday.

The Act provides for the powers, duties and functions of the Audit Service Commission. It also provides for the establishment of the National Audit Office and the Sri Lanka State Audit Service. It specifies the role of the Auditor General over public finance.

The Speaker’s Media Division said the Speaker signed the Act that was sent to him by the Legal Draftsman after incorporating the amendments agreed at the third reading. The long overdue Audit Bill was passed unanimously with amendments in Parliament on July 5.

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