Local Government (Galway) Act, 1937

Audit of accounts of District Council.

30.—(1) The accounts of all receipts and expenditure of the District Council and of its officers up to the appointed day shall, as soon as conveniently may be after that day, be audited and disallowances, surcharges, charges and penalties in relation to such accounts, receipts and expenditure shall be made, recovered and enforced in like manner as nearly as may be as if this Act had not been passed.

(2) Every officer of the District Council whose duty it is to make up any accounts of or to account for any portion of the receipts or expenditure of the District Council and also every member of the District Council shall, until the audit of the accounts of such receipts and expenditure up to the appointed day is completed, be deemed for the purposes of such audit to continue in office and be bound to perform the same duties and render the same accounts and be subject to the same liabilities as if this Act had not been passed.