LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 78 Duties of officers as to audit.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 78

Duties of officers as to audit.

78.(1) A local government auditor may by writing under his hand

(a)require the production before him of all books and documents of the council
or any of its committees which he thinks necessary for the purpose of the
audit;

(b)require any person holding or accountable for any such book or document to
appear before him at the audit or any adjournment thereof;

(c)require any such person to make and sign a declaration as to the
correctness of the book or document.

(2) If any person, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with a
requirement under subsection (1) he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #100 and, in the case of
a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding #20 for each day on which
the offence continues after conviction; and if any person knowingly and
wilfully makes or signs any declaration such as is mentioned in paragraph (c)
of that subsection which is untrue in any material particular, he shall be
deemed to be guilty of an offence under [Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern
Ireland) Order 1979].

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 78