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    Question

    A statutory auditor of a company needs to report

    fraud/suspected fraud within _____ of his/her knowledge of the fraud.
    A One Day Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Two Days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Sixty Days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D One month Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Two months Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Statutory Auditors are under a mandatory obligation to report fraud or suspected fraud if they observe suspicious activities, transactions or operating circumstances in a company that indicate reasons to believe that an offence of fraud is being or has been committed against the company by its officers or employees. In such an event, the Statutory Auditor shall initiate the steps prescribed under Rule 13 of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014 which begins with reporting the matter to the Board/Audit Committee within TWO days of his/her knowledge of the fraud.

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