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Article: 170 Power of Auditor-General to give directions as to accounts

170.  Power of Auditor-General to give directions as to accounts.1[(1)] The accounts of the Federation and of the Provinces shall be kept in such form and in accordance with such principles and methods as the Auditor-General may, with the approval of the President, prescribe.

1[(2) The audit of the accounts of the Federal and of the Provincial Governments and the accounts of any authority or body established by, or under the control of, the Federal or a Provincial Government shall be conducted by the Auditor-General, who shall determine the extent and nature of such audit.]


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Footnotes:

1. Section 63 of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), renumbered Art. 170, as clause (1) of that Art. and added a new clause (2) thereto, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010)


Comparative Table of Article 170 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
Constitution of Pakistan 1962 :
197
Constitution of Pakistan 1956 :
123
Constitution of India 1950:
149
Government of India Act 1935:
168

Leading & Latest Cases on Article 170 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :

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