(1)All Sinking Funds established under this Act shall be subject to annual examination by the auditor appointed under section 117, who shall ascertain whether the cash and the value of securities belonging to such Sinking Funds are equal to the amount which should be at the credit of such Sinking Funds, had the investment under section 139 been regularly made and had the interest accruing from such investments been regularly obtained.(2)The amount which should be at the credit of a Sinking Fund shall be calculated on the basis of the sums paid into such Sinking Fund under section 133.(3)The value of securities belonging to a Sinking Fund shall be the current value of such securities, unless such securities become due for redemption at par with, or above, their face value before maturity in which case their current value shall be taken as their redemption value, except in the case of the debentures issued by the municipality which shall always be valued at par with their face value:Provided the municipality shall make good immediately any loss owing to the sale of such debentures for repayment of the loan raised under sub-section (1) of section 133.(4)The municipality shall forthwith pay into a Sinking Fund such amount as the auditor appointed under section 117 may certify to be deficit in respect of such Sinking Fund, unless the State Government specially sanctions a gradual readjustment of such deficit.(5)If the cash and the value of the securities at the credit of a Sinking Fund are in excess of the amount which should be at the credit of such Sinking Fund, the auditor appointed under section 117 shall certify the amount of such excess sum, and the municipality shall, thereupon, transfer the excess sum to the Municipal Fund in the General Account.(6)If any dispute arises as to the accuracy of any deficit or excess referred to in the certificate under sub-section (4) or sub-section (5), the municipality may, after payment of such deficit or after transfer of such excess, as the case may be, refer the matter to the State Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
