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  "text": "THE PUNJAB ADHOC PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE \r\n(COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS) ORDINANCE, 2002 \r\n(XLV of 2002) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. The Committee \r\n4. Terms of Office \r\n5. Procedure \r\n6. Functions \r\n7. Reports of the Auditor General \r\n8. Recommendations \r\n9. Secretariat \r\n10. Overriding effect \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ADHOC PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (COMPOSITION \r\nAND FUNCTIONS) ORDINANCE, 2002 \r\n(XLV of 2002) \r\n[21st August, 2002] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto provide for the constitution of an Adhoc Public Accounts Committee. \r\nWhereas it is expedient to provide for the constitution of an Adhoc Public \r\nAccounts Committee for examining the appropriation and other accounts of the \r\nGovernment of the Punjab, the reports of the Auditor General of Pakistan the reon, \r\nand for dealing with the unfinished business of the defunct Standing Committee on \r\nPublic Accounts of the dissolved Provincial Assembly of the Punjab; \r\nAnd whereas the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is dissolved and the \r\nGovernor is satisfied that ci rcumstances exist which render it necessary to take \r\nimmediate action; \r\nAnd whereas  under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment ) \r\nOrder No.9 of 1999, as amended by the Chief Executive Order No.11 of 2000, the \r\nGovernor of a Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance; \r\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and all other powers \r\nenabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and \r\npromulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement. – (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nPunjab Adhoc Public Accounts Committee (Composition and Functions ) Ordinance, \r\n2002. \r\n(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken \r\neffect from the twentieth day of October, 2000. \r\n2. Definitions.– In th is Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the \r\nsubject or context– \r\n(a) “Auditor General” means the Auditor General of Pakistan; \r\n(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Committee; \r\n(c) “Committee” means the Punjab Adhoc Public Accounts Committee \r\nconstituted under this Ordinance; \r\n                                                           \r\n1Promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 21 August 2002; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21 \r\nAugust 2002, pages 2603-2606. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), it \r\nwill remain in force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of th e \r\nIslamic Republic of Pakistan. \r\n(d) “defunct committee” means the Standing Committee on Public \r\nAccounts of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab having since been \r\ndissolved; \r\n(e) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(f) “Governor” means the Governor of the Punjab; and \r\n(g) “member” means a member of the Committee. \r\n3. The Committee. – (1) Subject to sub -section (2), there shall be an Adhoc \r\nPublic Accounts Committee consisting of not more than eleven members including \r\ntwo female members. All the memb ers shall possess such qualifications as the \r\nGovernor may determine. \r\n(2) The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Governor on \r\nsuch terms and conditions as he may determine. One of the members shall be \r\nnominated by the Governor to be the Chairman of the Committee. \r\n4. Terms of Office. – (1) A member shall hold office during the pleasure of the \r\nGovernor. \r\n(2) The Chairman or a member may, by writing under his hand addressed \r\nto the Governor, resign his office. \r\n5. Procedure.– (1) Except as otherwise provided, the Committee shall regulate \r\nits own procedure. \r\n(2) The quorum to constitute a sitting of the Committee shall be four \r\nincluding the Chairman or the member for the time being presiding the meeting. \r\n(3) All questions at a sitting of the Committee s hall be determined by \r\nmajority of the members present and voting. In the event of equality of votes, the \r\nChairman shall have a casting vote. \r\n(4) The Committee may appoint one or more sub -committees to examine \r\nany matter that may be referred to them, and th e sub -committee shall report the \r\nmatter with its recommendations to the Committee. \r\n6. Functions.– (1) The Committee shall examine the accounts showing the \r\nappropriation of sums granted for the expenditure of Government, the Annual \r\nFinance Accounts of Government, the reports of the Auditor General, and such other \r\nmatters as the Governor may refer to it. \r\n(2) In scrutinising the appropriation and other accounts of Government and \r\nthe reports of the Auditor General thereon, it shall be the duty of the Committee to \r\nsatisfy itself– \r\n(a) that the moneys shown in the accounts, as having been disbursed, \r\nwere legally available for and applicable to the service or purpose to \r\nwhich they have been applied or charged; \r\n(b) that the expenditure conforms to the authority which governs it; and \r\n(c) that every re -appropriation has been made in accordance with the \r\nprovisions made in this behalf under the rules framed by Government. \r\n(3) It shall be the duty of the Committee– \r\n(a) to examine the statement of accounts showing the incom e and \r\nexpenditure of corporations, trading and manufacturing schemes, \r\nconcerns and projects under Government or in the public sector, \r\ntogether with the balance sheets and statements of profit and loss \r\naccounts which the Governor may have required to be pre pared or are \r\nprepared under the provisions of the law or rules regulating the \r\nfinancing of a particular corporation, trading or manufacturing schemes \r\nor concern or project, and the report of the Auditor General thereon; \r\n(b) to examine the statement of acco unts showing the income and \r\nexpenditure of autonomous and semi -autonomous bodies, the audit of \r\nwhich may be conducted by the Auditor General either on the request of \r\nthe Governor or under a statute; and \r\n(c) to consider the report of the Auditor General in cases where the \r\nGovernor may have asked him to conduct the audit of any receipts or \r\nto examine the account of stores and stocks. \r\n(4) If any money has been spent on any service during a financial year in \r\nexcess of the authorized grant or appropriation for t hat purpose, the Committee shall \r\nexamine with reference to the facts of each case the circumstances leading to such \r\nan excess and made such recommendations as it may deem fit. \r\n7. Reports of the Auditor General.– The Auditor General shall submit his reports \r\nrelating to the accounts of the Province to the Governor who shall refer the report to \r\nthe Committee for consideration. \r\n8. Recommendations.– The Committee shall examine the reports and submit its \r\nrecommendations for final approval by the Governor. The Secretariat of the Provincial \r\nAssembly of Punjab shall oversee implementation of the recommendations approved by \r\nthe Governor. \r\n9. Secretariat.– The Secretariat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab shall \r\nfunction as the Secretariat of the Committee. \r\n10. Overriding effect. – This Ordinance shall have effect notwithstanding \r\nanything contained in any other law for the time being in force.",
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