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*STATUTORY BODIES (ACCOUNTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS) ACT 1980 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 240 1980, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1980.
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Part I
Short title and application
This Act may be cited as the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and
Annual Reports) Act 1980 and shall, subject to section 10, apply to all statutory bodies in respect of financial years ending on or after 31 December 1981.
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Interpretation
“Minister”, in relation to a statutory body, means the Minister for the time being responsible for the statutory body;
“Statutory body” means any body corporate, irrespective of the name by which it is known, that is incorporated pursuant to the provisions of federal law and is a public authority or an agency of the Government of Malaysia but does not include a local authority and a body corporate that is incorporated under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125].
Part II
Provisions of Act to apply to all statutory bodies
The provisions of this Act shall apply in respect of all statutory bodies and shall be read together and construed as one with the provisions of the federal law pursuant to which a statutory body is incorporated.
Provisions of Act to supersede conflicting or inconsistent provisions of other federal law
The provisions of any federal law which are not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall otherwise continue to apply.
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Part III
Time limit for preparation and submission of statement of accounts to Auditor General for audit
The Auditor General shall forthwith cause the statement of accounts to be audited.
Provisions of Audit Act 1957 to apply
The provisions of the Audit Act 1957 [Act 62] shall apply to the audit of the accounts of every statutory body.
Part IV
REPORTS
Time limit for submission of audited statement of accounts, etc., to
Minister
Every statutory body shall, in respect of each financial year and within one month after the receipt of its audited statement of accounts and the Auditor General’s report thereon, if any, submit the same to the Minister together with a report of its activities.
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Minister to cause audited statement of accounts, etc., to be tabled in Parliament
The Minister shall, as soon as may be practicable on receipt of the audited statement of accounts, the Auditor General’s report thereon, if any, and the report of the activities of a statutory body, cause the same to be laid on the table of each House of Parliament.
Part V
Application for, and grant of, extension of time limit
Where a statutory body applies under subsection (1) for an extension of the time limit of six months, the Minister, if satisfied with the reasons for the application, may, with the concurrence of the
Minister of Finance, grant such extension of the time limit as may be deemed necessary but such extension shall not in any case exceed a period of three months in the aggregate in respect of each financial year, and the statutory body shall then submit its statement of accounts for audit within the time limit as extended.
Part VI
Transitional provision
prepared the annual report of its activities, in accordance with the provisions of the federal law pursuant to which it is incorporated, such statutory body shall, on or before 31 December 1981, cause its accounts to be audited and shall prepare the annual report of its activities in accordance with the provisions of such federal law.
The provisions of sections 7 and 8—
shall then apply in respect of such audited statement of accounts and annual report of activities; and
shall also apply in respect of other statements of accounts and annual reports of activities of a statutory body in respect of financial years ending on or before 31 December 1980 which have been audited and prepared, as the case may be, prior to the date of publication of this Act in the Gazette but which have not, on such date, been submitted to the Minister or laid on the table of either or both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the federal law pursuant to which the statutory body concerned is incorporated.
Minister may make rules
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), such rules may—
provide for the powers, functions, duties and responsibilities of members of the board of management and officers and servants of a statutory body in relation to the accounts and other records of the operations of that statutory body; and
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prescribe guidelines in respect of generally accepted accounting principles, accounting policies and other matters of an accounting or a financial nature relating to the accounts of a statutory body.
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