Section 82 — Reports relating to accounts of Jammu and Kashmir State.

82. Reports relating to accounts of Jammu and Kashmir State.—(1) The reports of the
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India referred to in clause (2) of article 151 relating to the
accounts of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect of any period prior to the appointed
day shall be submitted to the Lieutenant Governors of the successor Union territory of Jammu and
Kashmir, and Union territory of Ladakh.
   (2) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, thereafter shall cause the reports to be laid
before the Legislature of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
   (3) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir may by order—

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      (a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of Jammu and Kashmir on
   any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year or in
   respect of any earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service and for that
   year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised; and
      (b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports.