Law Reform Commission

The Audit Report of Attorney General’s Office for 2010 has revealed that records are missing of the transfer of assets and documents of the Law Reform Commission to Attorney General’s (AG) Office, following the abolition of the National Law Reform Commission in 2010.

According to existing records, the only assets transferred are the Commission’s safe and furniture.

No stock count was carried out, and the AG Office had not checked that all items on the inventory had been transferred before acknowledging receipt of the items.

Regulations obligate that an audit report be presented to the Auditor General’s Office within six months of the abolition of any government office. This report had so far not been submitted.

“There is no way to verify that the state-owned assets were fully transferred from the Law Reform Commission to the AG Office,” reads the report.

Other issues noted in the report include lack of efforts to obtain the outstanding amount of MVR71,636, lack of travel records, and the lack of a contract for a project worth MVR50,120.

The report nonetheless highlighted that the expenses made by the AG Office during 2010 were in line with the objectives indicated in the budget assigned to the office.