74. Annual report on the work and activities of the Board and its audited accounts.- (1) The annual report on the work and activities of the Central Board and its audited accounts together with the report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India shall be considered by the Executive Committee and shall be placed for adoption at a meeting of the Board to be held before the Tenth of December following the close of the financial year concerned: Provided that if the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General is not received by the first of December following the close of the financial year to which it pertains, the audited accounts together with report of the Comptroller and Auditor General may be placed before the Executive Committee/Board sepa¬rately from the annual report on the work and activities of the Board. (2) The annual report on the work and activities of the Board and the audited accounts of the Board together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, as adopted by the Board, shall be authenticated by affixing the common seal of the Board and four copies thereof together with the comments of the Board on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be submitted to the Central Government not later than Twentieth of December following the close of the financial year concerned for being placed before Parliament: Provided that if the report of the Comptroller and Auditor Gener¬al is not received by the first of December following the close of the financial year to which it pertains, the audited accounts together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the comments of the Board thereon shall be submitted to the Central Government separately from the annual report on the work and activities of the Board. | 
