Public Audit Act [No. 25 of 2004]

Government Gazette REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Vol. 474 Cape Town 20 December 2004 No. 27121 THE PRESIDENCY No. 1471 20 December 2005It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:– No. 25 of 2004: Public Audit Act, 2004. AIDS HELPLINE: 0800-123-22 Prevention is the cure 2 No.27121 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20 DECEMBER 2004 PUBLIC AUDIT ACT, 2004 Act No. 25,2004 (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to on 14 December 2004.) ACT To give effect to the provisions of the Constitution establishing and assigning functions to an Auditor-General; to provide for the auditing of institutions in the vide for accountability arrangements of the Auditor-General; PU obsolete legislation; and to provide for matters connected to therewith. PREAMBLE WHEREAS the Constitution establishes the Auditor-General as a State Institution Supporting Constitutional Democracy; and WHEREAS the Constitution further - establishes the Auditor-General as the external auditor of all national and provincial state departments and municipalities, and any other institutions or accounting entities required by national or provincial legislation to be audited by the Auditor-General; recognises the independence of the Auditor-General, subject only to the ...