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Audit and investigate administrative affairs

Function of Council

The local council keeps the rights of resolution about the enactment/revision, or /abolition of ordinances, reviews/confirms budget plans and approves settlements, provides consent/approval of important matters, duly participates in the enforcement of policies keeping the right to control for administration enforcement of administrative by means of audit and investigation. Besides, the council may process the affairs relating to the given rights by means of other statutes and ordinances as well as reception of petition.

Audit and Investigation of Administrative Affairs

  • The council may execute an audit of the administrations for 10 days and shorter during the period of regular session. For specific matters of the administration, it may be investigated if one third of the Council member signs.
  • If required, the Council may ask for the submission of documentation, require the Mayor or related officials to be present, attest as a witness or express their statement.

Time and Range of Audit/Investigation

Limitations of the Range

  1. Available Affairs : unique affairs of local bodies and the affairs entrusted
  2. Unavailable Affairs : affairs of national government, affairs entrusted by institutions and the affairs of other administration

Legal Limitations

  1. Prohibition of interfering with privacy
  2. It is not possible to audit and investigate for the purpose of legal action for a matter under trial or investigation

Limitations of Institutional Separation

  1. It is prohibited to directly execute or pressurize unfairly
  2. Since it should be secure the validation of council's function, or any activity in violation of the purpose is not possible
  3. Audit/Investigation for a public purpose is allowed
    (for organizations to be closely related to the citizens it is not possible to audit)

Remarks

Principles of Publication

  1. Any audit/investigation should be principally opened to secure knowledae
  2. It may be executed confidentially with the resolution of the main conference or a committee
  3. The results should be published even though it is confidentially executed.

Assistance of Audit/Investigation Affairs

  1. Appointing the staff of secretarial office for assistance
  2. Assisting the audit/investigation affairs, such as preparation of audit/investigation place, the procedure of audit/investigation, quick writing of audit/investigation and the arrangement of results.
  3. Since the roles and functions of special members are more important among the assistants of the audit/investigation, it is important to improve the position of special members of the council and allow them certain rights.

Time and Range of Audit/Investigation

  1. An investigation may be executed during a regular/extra session with the resolution of the main session, irrespective of the regular/extra session, as long as the requirements of the investigation are met.
  2. Audit is executed for 10 days of shorter during the regular sessions
  3. Annual audits and the range of investigations are limited to the affairs processed after the council is organized.