|
Article 43
|
Under any of the following circumstances, the FSC may order a public company to make improvements within a prescribed time limit, or, where necessary, to retain CPAs to conduct a special audit of its internal control system and submit an audit report to the FSC for recordation:
- Failure to set out its internal control system in writing.
- Failure to appoint an appropriate number of qualified personnel as full-time internal auditors.
- Failure to file a report within a prescribed time limit or fail to faithfully execute its annual audit plan.
- Failure to file a report on the implementation of its annual audit plan within the prescribed time limit.
- Failure to file a report on the correction of any defect or irregularity of the internal control systems discovered in an audit.
- Failure to conduct self-assessment of its internal control systems as required or to prepare an Internal Control System Statement.
- Serious instance of failure to correct a defect of the internal control system in accordance with the internal control recommendations issued by the CPAs.
- Serious instance of false external financial reporting or violation of a law, regulation, or bylaw.
- Any material malpractice or suspicion of malpractice.
- Other condition where the FSC deems a special audit to be necessary.
|