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The accounts of each of the Social Security Organisations shall be audited annually
by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with
such audit shall be payable by the respective Social Security Organisation to the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India.
(2) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection with
the audit of the accounts of a Social Security Organisation shall have the same rights and privileges and
authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has, in connection
with the audit of Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of
books, accounts, connected vouchers, documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Social
Security Organisation.
(3) The accounts of a Social Security Organisation as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General
of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be
forwarded to the Social Security Organisation which shall along with its comments on the audit report of
the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India forward the same to the appropriate Government.