Audit and Accounts
16. (1) The Board shall maintain its accounts in such manner and form as the Government may specify.
(2) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Auditor-General), in such manner as he deems fit.
(3) For the purpose of an audit under sub-section (2) the Auditor-General or any person authorised by him in this behalf shall have access to all records, books, documents, cash, securities, stores and other property of the Board and may examine the Chairman or any member, officer or employee of the Board.
(4) The Auditor-General shall, as soon as possible after completion of the audit, send to the Board his audit report and the Board shall forward it, with its comments thereon, to the Government.
(5) The Board shall take steps forthwith to remedy the defects or irregularities pointed out in the audit report.