32AA.    Audit of Retailer.--

            (1)    An officer of Sales Tax not below the rank of auditor or deputy superintendent may, subject to such
                    conditions and limitations as may be imposed by the Board or Collector, carry out audit of any retailer
                    assigned to him by Assistant Collector and such audit may include surveillance, video filming,
                    gathering of information through pretending or actual customer of the taxable activities of such
                    retailer.
 
            (2)     A retailer who pays (***) retail tax under section 3AA may in lieu of audit  of his business by an
                     officer of Sales Tax, opt for audit by a Chartered Accountant or a Cost and  Management Accountant
                     authorized by Central Board of Revenue in terms of section 32A provided he  pays half of the fee
                     payable to such Chartered Accountant or, as the case may be, Cost and Management Accountant.