619A. Annual reports on Government companies.—(1) Where the Central Government is a member of a Government company, the Central Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs of that company to be— (a) prepared within three months of its annual general meeting before which the audit report is placed under sub-section (5) of section 619; and (b) as soon as may be after such preparation, laid before both Houses of Parliament together with a copy of the audit report and any comments upon, or supplement to, the audit report, made by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (2) Where in addition to the Central Government, any State Government is also a member of a Government company, that State Government shall cause a copy of the annual report prepared under subsection (1) to be laid before the House or both Houses of the State Legislature together with a copy of the audit report and the comments or supplement referred to in sub-section (1). (3) Where the Central Government is not a member of a Government company, every State Government which is a member of that company, or where only one State Government is a member of the company, that State Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs of the company to be— (a) prepared within the time specified in sub-section (1); and (b) as soon as may be after such preparation, laid before the House or both Houses of the State Legislature with a copy of the audit report and comments or supplement referred to in sub-section (1).
(4) The provisions of this section shall, so far as may be, apply to a Government company in liquidation as they apply to other Government company.
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