Auditor-General and his or her functions

309 Auditor-General and his or her functions (1) There must be an Auditor-General, whose office is a public office but docs not form part of the Civil Service. (2) The functions of the Auditor-General are — (a) to audit the accounts, financial systems and financial management of all departments, institutions and agencies of government, all provincial and metropolitan councils and all local authorities; (b) at the request of the Government, to carry out special audits of the accounts of any statutory body or government-controlled entity: {c) to order the taking of measures to rectify any defects in the management and safeguarding of public funds and public property; and (d) to exercise any other functions that may be conferred or imposed on him or her by or under an Act of Parliament. “No. I CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT (No 20) 2013 (3) Public officers must comply with orders given to them by the Auditor- General in terms of subsection (2)(c).