Jan 17, 2024
The Audit
Bench is composed of a Seat, a Legal Dep and a Registry.
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SEAT
·
the President of the Audit Bench:
·
Presidents of Sections;
·
Advisors
·
the Master Advisors:
·
the Referent Councilors;
·
Auditors and Intern Auditors.
Until a recent decision, the Audit
Bench functioned at Seat level with the President of the Audit Bench, Advisors,
Master Advisors and the Referent Advisors. But since 2017, the Seat of the Audit
Bench has been enriched with Intern Auditors, who form the first grade of
Magistrates of the Seat at the Audit Bench.
The following are under to the
President of the Audit Bench :
· The President's secretariat
o Head of secretariat
o Order and liaison office
· The Mail and Liaison Service
o Incoming Mail Office
o Outgoing Mail Office
· Administrative and Financial
Affairs Department
o Administrative Affairs Office
o Financial Affairs Office
· IT and Maintenance Department
· Balance Sheet Center Office
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THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Article 29 of law of 2006/016 provides that : “ The functions Legal
Department of the Supreme Court are carried
out by the Procureur General and under his authority by the Advocates General. The
Procureur General assigns the Advocates
General to the Benches . ”
In
enforcement of this
text, the Procureur General of
the Supreme Court assigns three (03) Advocates General to the Audit Bench. They
are responsible for issuing
written conclusions written
on all reports of the Audit Bench and present oral conclusions during the hearings of the Sections.
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THE REGISTRY
The Registry of the Audit
Bench is composed of the Registrar-in-chief appointed by decree of the President of the Republic,
the Section
Registrars and the Registrars. It records accounts, as
well as the
acts, documents
and requests
that are submitted to the Audit Bench, prepares the sessions’ agenda, records
decisions and
follows up all controls. In
addition, it
notifies real public accountants or de facto accountants of the judgments concerning them.
They hold the pen when
the different components of the Audit Bench are in session.
The following are attached to the Registry of the Audit
Bench :
· The Accounts Production and Accountants monitoring Department
o Accounts Production Office
o Office for subjects monitoring
· The Documentation and Translation Department
o Documentation Office
o Translation Office
· The Archives Department
o Internal Archives Office
o Documentary Accounts Office
o Annexed Archives Centre
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Audit Assistants
After the
recruitment of 25,000 Higher Education
graduates in the civil service in 2011, the Government placed 75
of them were sent to the financial Jurisdiction. After
an internship and oath taking, they were assigned to the different Sections of the financial jurisdiction as Audit Assistants.