Comptroller and Auditor-General Act, 1923

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Number 1.


COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT, 1923.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Appointment of Comptroller and Auditor-General.

2.

Salary and Pension of Comptroller and Auditor-General.

3.

Tenure of Office of Comptroller and Auditor-General.

4.

Staff of Department.

5.

Principal Officer may act for Comptroller and Auditor-General in certain cases.

6.

The Comptroller and Auditor-General to regulate the business of his Department.

7.

Duties of Comptroller and Auditor-General.

8.

Short Title.


Act Referred to

Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922

(Number 2 of 1922)

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Number 1.


COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT, 1923.


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. [12th January, 1923.]

WHEREAS it is provided by Article 62 of the Constitution of Saorstát Eireann that Dáil Eireann shall appoint a Comptroller and Auditor-General to act on behalf of Saorstát Eireann and that such Comptroller and Auditor-General shall control all disbursements and shall audit all accounts of moneys administered by or under the authority of the Oireachtas and shall report to Dáil Eireann at stated periods to be determined by law:

AND WHEREAS it is provided by Article 63 of the Constitution aforesaid that the Comptroller and Auditor-General shall not be removed except for stated misbehaviour or incapacity on resolutions passed by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann and that subject to that provision the terms and conditions of the tenure of office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General shall be fixed by law and that he shall not be a member of the Oireachtas and shall not hold any other office or position of emolument:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—