Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ACT 1951

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   4.      Interpretation  
   4A.     Application of the Criminal Code  
   5.      Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit  
   6.      Chair and Deputy Chair  
   6A.     Meetings of Committee  
   7.      Quorum and voting  
   8.      Duties of the Committee  
   8A.     Committee may approve or reject recommendation for appointment of Auditor - General or Independent Auditor  
   8B.     Annual report  
   9.      Sectional Committees  
   10.     Power to take evidence  
   11.     Sittings to be public except in certain cases  
   11A.    Disclosure and publishing of evidence taken in private  
   12.     Continuance of evidence  
   13.     Power to summon witnesses  
   14.     Warrant in case of disobedience of summons  
   15.     Witness to obey summons  
   16.     Preventing witnesses from giving evidence  
   17.     Witnesses not to refuse to be sworn etc.  
   18.     False evidence  
   19.     Privileges and protection of witnesses  
   20.     Witnesses' expenses  
   21.     Offences  
   22.     Allowances  
   23.     Limitation of annual expenditure  
   24.     Regulations  
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