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| (1) The Commissioner of Local Government shall prepare and transmit to the Chairman of each Village Council a report containing a general survey of the affairs of the Council in each year, and the Chairman shall cause such report to be tabled for the information of the members of the Council at the next meeting of the Council held after the receipt of such report. |
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| (2) For the purpose of preparing the report referred to in subsection (1), the Commissioner of Local Government or any officer generally or specially authorized in that behalf by him may-
| | (a) inspect any public building, immovable property or institution used, occupied or carried on by or on behalf of any Village Council or any work in progress under the direction of any Village Council; | | |
| | (b) call for and inspect any book or document in the possession or under the control of any Village Council; and | | |
| | (c) require any Village Council to furnish accounts of income and expenditure, reports or copies of documents relating to the proceedings or duties of the Council and such other information as may be considered necessary by the Commissioner of Local Government. | | |
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