Section 46. Reports relating to the accounts of the Union territories of Manipur and Tripura.

(1) The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India referred to in section 49 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963) relating to the accounts of the Union territory of Manipur or of the Union territory of Tripura in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be submitted to the Governor of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be, who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State of Manipur or of the State of Tripura, as the case may be. (2) The Governor of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be, may, by order,— (a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Manipur or of Tripura on any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year 1971-72 or in respect of any earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service and for that year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised, and (b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports.