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Co-operatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005)

Chapter 7 : Audited Reports and Independent Reviewed Reports of Co-operatives

54. Notice of error

 

(1) A director or employee who becomes aware of any error or misstatement in a financial statement, social report or management decision report that the auditor, former auditor, independent reviewer or former independent reviewer has reported on, must notify the auditor without delay.

 

(2) An auditor, former auditor, independent reviewer or former independent reviewer  of a co-operative who is notified of, or in any other manner becomes aware of, a material error or misstatement in a financial statement, social report or management decision report on which they have reported to the Board, must inform the Board and registrar accordingly.

 

(3) When the auditor, former auditor, independent reviewer or former independent reviewer informs the Board of an error or misstatement in a financial statement, social report or management decision report in terms of subsection (2), the directors must—
(a) prepare and issue revised financial statements, a social report of management decision report; and
(b) inform the members and the registrar of the error or misstatement.

 

[Section 54 substituted by section 42 of Notice No. 558, GG 36729, dated 5 August 2013]