82. (1) The revenue account and balance-sheet with the auditor's report thereon and the report on the general state of the society's affairs referred to in sub-section (1) of section 80, shall be printed and four copies of these and of the statements referred to in sub-section (2) of section 80, shall be furnished as returns to the Chief Controller of Insurance within six months from the end of the period to which they relate. (2) All the material necessary for the proper valuation of the liabilities of the society under the provisions of section 81 shall be placed at the disposal of the actuary within three months from the end of the period to which such material relates, and the report and abstract referred to in section 81 shall be furnished as a return to the Chief Controller of Insurance within a further period of three months. (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 15 relating to the copies therein referred to shall apply to the returns referred to in sub-section (1) of this-section, and the provisions of section 17 shall apply to the accounts and balance-sheet of a provident society being a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1882, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or under any Act repealed thereby, as they apply to the accounts and balance-sheet of an insurer and the Chief Controller of Insurance may exercise, in respect of returns made by a provident society and in respect of an investigation or valuation to which section 81 refers, the same powers as are exercisable by him under section 21 and section 22, respectively, in the case of an insurer.