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ACT XII OF 2019 ACT XII OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN HEALTHCARE COMMISSION ACT, 2019 An Act to improve quality of healthcare services and ban quackery in all its forms and manifestations in Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 16th December, 2019] No. PAB / Legis; V(10) / 2019, dated 16.12.2019.---The Balochistan Health Care Commission Bill 2019 Bill No. 10 of 2019 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 18th November, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 10th December, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochitsan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to make provisions for the improvement of quality of healthcare services, clinical governance and to ban medical or health quackery in all its forms and manifestations and to provide for establishment of the Balochistan Healthcare Commission and the matters connected or ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 40. Annual report and accounts.---(1) Within ninety days from the end of each financial year, the Commission shall prepare a report on the activities and performance of the Commission, including inspections carried out under this Act during the financial year and submit a copy of the report to the Government. (2) The Commission shall keep proper accounts and shall, as soon as practicable, after the end of each financial year, prepare a statement of accounts of the Commission for the financial year which shall include a balance sheet and an account of income and expenditure. (3) The Commission shall appoint a firm of chartered accountants for audit of the statement of accounts of the Commission. (4) The Commission shall, within one hundred and twenty days of the end of each financial year, together with the annual report of the Commission send a copy of the statement of accounts of the Commission certified by the auditors and a copy of the auditors' report to the Government.