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Special provisions
CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE
as to Bills, &c., affecting public
revenues.
The Auditor- General.
Audit of
Accounts.
Regulations for election of Senators.
Term of
office of first Senators.
EXTRAORDINARY
MAY 17, 1946
69. No Bill or motion, authorising the disposal of, or the imposi- tion of charges upon, the Consolidated Fund or other funds of the Island, or the imposition or of any tax or, the repeal, augmentation or reduction of any tax for the time being in force shall be introduced in the House of Representatives except by a Minister, nor unless such Bill or motion has been approved either by the Cabinet or in such manner as the Cabinet may authorise.
70.-(1) There shall be an Auditor-General who shall be appointed by the Governor acting in his discretion and who shall hold office during good behaviour.
(2) The salary of the Auditor-General shall be determined by Parliament, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund and shall not be diminished during his term of office.
(3) The office of Auditor-General shall become vacant—
(a) by his death; or
(b) by his attaining the age of fifty-five years or such higher
age as the Goveror in his discretion, may determine; or (c) by his resignation in writing addressed to the Governor ;
or
(d) by his removal by the Governor on acconnt of ill health or physical or mental infirmity in the like circumstances and subject to the same conditions as a public officer in receipt of similar pensionable emoluments; or
(e) by his removal by the Governor upon an address from the Senate and the House of Representatives praying for his removal.
71. (1) The accounts of all departments of Government, in- cluding the offices of the Cabinet, the Clerk to the Senate, the Clerk to the House of Representatives, the Judicial Service Commission and the Public Service Commission shall be audited by the Auditor-General who, with his deputies, shall at all times be entitled to have access to all books, records, or returns relating to such accounts.
(2) The Auditor-General shall report annually to the House of Representatives on the exercise of his functions under this Order.
PART IX.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, REPEALS AND Savings.
72. The Governor shall, before the first election of Senators in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of this Order, make regulations prescribing the method of voting and of transferring and counting votes in any election of Senators; and such regulations shall have effect as if enacted in this Order until Parliament shall otherwise provide.
73. For the purpose of securing that one-third of the Senators shall retire every second year, at the first meeting of the Senate under this Order, the Senate shall by lot divide the Senators into three classes, each class consisting of five elected Senators and five appointed Senators; and the term of office of the Senators of the first class shall terminate at the expiry of a period of two years, the term of office of the Senators of the second class shall terminate at the expiry of a period of four years, and the term of office of the Senators of the third class shall terminate at the expiry of a period of six years, from the date of election or appointment, as the case may
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