1[(1)] In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(a) "Auditor" means the 2[Director] or any other person empowered by 3[the 4[State] Government] to perform the functions of an auditor under this Act;
5[(aa) "Chairman" means 6[in the case of 7[a Municipal Corporation, the Municipal Commissioner of the concerned Corporation, and in case of the Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965), the Chief Officer of the respective Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the case may be, and in respect of the Industrial Townships, the Chief Executive Officer of the respective Industrial Township ;] 8[in the case of Zilla Parishad or Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962), the Chief Executive Officer as defined in that Act,] and in the case of any other local authority, the president or chairman thereof;] and includes in the case of a dissolved or superseded local authority, the persons lawfully appointed, to exercise the powers and perform the duties of such local authority];
9[(aaa) "Director" means the Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit and includes the Joint Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit, the Deputy Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit and the Assistant Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit;]
10[(ab) "Detailed audit" means an audit of accounts for the whole year ;]
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(c) "Local authority" means a local authority as defined in clause (26) of section 3 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. I of 1904), and includes a school board constituted under the 12[Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 (Bom. LXI of 1947)] 13[and a Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962)];
(d) "Local Fund" means any fund to the control or management of which a local authority is legally entitled and includes the proceeds of any cess, rate, duty or tax which such authority is legally entitled to impose, and any property, vested in such authority;
14[(e) "Special Audit" means an audit of accounts pertaining to a specified item or series of items requiring thorough examination.]
15[(2) On the commencement of the Bombay Local Fund Audit (Extension and Amendment Act, 1960 (Mah. III of 1961), any reference to the examiner of Local Fund Accounts or the Assistant Examiner of Local Fund Accounts in any rule, requisition or order made under this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or document, shall be construed as a reference to the 16[Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit, the Joint Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit or, as the case may be, the Assistant Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit.]]
(a) "Auditor" means the 2[Director] or any other person empowered by 3[the 4[State] Government] to perform the functions of an auditor under this Act;
5[(aa) "Chairman" means 6[in the case of 7[a Municipal Corporation, the Municipal Commissioner of the concerned Corporation, and in case of the Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965), the Chief Officer of the respective Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the case may be, and in respect of the Industrial Townships, the Chief Executive Officer of the respective Industrial Township ;] 8[in the case of Zilla Parishad or Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962), the Chief Executive Officer as defined in that Act,] and in the case of any other local authority, the president or chairman thereof;] and includes in the case of a dissolved or superseded local authority, the persons lawfully appointed, to exercise the powers and perform the duties of such local authority];
9[(aaa) "Director" means the Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit and includes the Joint Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit, the Deputy Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit and the Assistant Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit;]
10[(ab) "Detailed audit" means an audit of accounts for the whole year ;]
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(c) "Local authority" means a local authority as defined in clause (26) of section 3 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. I of 1904), and includes a school board constituted under the 12[Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 (Bom. LXI of 1947)] 13[and a Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962)];
(d) "Local Fund" means any fund to the control or management of which a local authority is legally entitled and includes the proceeds of any cess, rate, duty or tax which such authority is legally entitled to impose, and any property, vested in such authority;
14[(e) "Special Audit" means an audit of accounts pertaining to a specified item or series of items requiring thorough examination.]
15[(2) On the commencement of the Bombay Local Fund Audit (Extension and Amendment Act, 1960 (Mah. III of 1961), any reference to the examiner of Local Fund Accounts or the Assistant Examiner of Local Fund Accounts in any rule, requisition or order made under this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or document, shall be construed as a reference to the 16[Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit, the Joint Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit or, as the case may be, the Assistant Director, Local Fund Accounts Audit.]]
Source footnotes
1 Section 3 was renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and sub-section (2) was added, by Mah. 3 of 1961, s. 6.2 These words were substituted for the words "Chief Auditor" by Mah. 8 of 2011, s. 6(a) (i).
3 The words "the Provincial Government" were substituted for the word "Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.
4 This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
5 Clauses (aa) and (ab) were inserted by Bom. 12 of 1949, s. 2(1).
6 This portion was substituted for the words "the President or Chairman of the local authority" by Mah. 3 of 1961, s. 6(1)(b).
7 This portion was substituted for the words "the Municipal Corporation of the City of Nagpur, the Municipal Corporation for that City" by Mah. 8 of 2011, s. 6(a)(ii).
8 This portion was deemed always to have been inserted by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 80, Sch.
9 Clause (aaa) was substituted by Mah. 8 of 2011, s. 6(a) (iii).
10 Clauses (aa) and (ab) were inserted by Bom. 12 of 1949, s. 2(1).
11 Clause (b) was deleted, by Mah. 3 of 1961, s. 6(1)(d).
12 These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures "Bombay Primary Education Act, 1923," by Mah. 3 of 1961, s. 6(1) (e).
13 This portion was deemed always to have been inserted by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 80, Sch.
14 This clause was added by Bom. 12 of 1949, s. 2(2).
15 Sub-section (2) was added by Mah. 3 of 1961, s. 6(2).
16 These words were substituted for the words "Chief Auditor, Local Fund Accounts or, as the case may be, the Deputy Chief Auditor, Local Fund Accounts" by Mah. 8 of 2011, s. 6 (b).
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