Lawgist17Certain powers of the Central Government or Government company
(1) The Central Government or the existing, or new, Government company, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive up to the specified date, to the exclusion of all other persons, any money due to the Company, in relation to any of the undertakings owned by it which have vested in the Central Government or such Government company, and realised after the appointed day, notwithstanding that the realisation pertains to a period prior to the appointed day.
(2) The Central Government or the existing, or new, Government company, as the case may be, may make a claim to the Commissioner with regard to every payment made by that Government or Government company, after the appointed day, for discharging any liability of the Company in respect of any of the undertakings owned by it, in relation to any period prior to the appointed day; and every such claim shall have priority in accordance with the priorities attaching under this Act, to the matter in relation to which such liability has been discharged by the Central Government or the Government company.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the liabilities of the Company in relation to any of the undertakings owned by it, in respect of any transaction prior to the appointed day, which have not been discharged on or before the specified date, shall be the liabilities of the Company.
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- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Transfer to, and vesting in, the Central Government of the undertakings of the Company
- 4 General effect of vesting
- 5 Power of Central Government to direct vesting of the undertakings of the Company in an existing Government company
- 6 Transfer of undertakings of the Company from an existing Government company to a new Government company
- 7 Company to be liable for certain prior liabilities
- 8 Payment of amount
- 9 Payment of further amount
- 10 Management, etc., of the undertakings of the Company
- 11 Duty of persons in charge of management of the undertakings of the Company to deliver all assets, etc
- 12 Duty of persons to account for assets, etc., in their possession
- 13 Continuance of employees
- 14 Provident fund and other funds
- 15 Appointment of Commissioner of Payments
- 16 Payment by the Central Government to the Commissioner
- 17 Certain powers of the Central Government or Government company
- 18 Claims to be made to the Commissioner
- 19 Priority of claims
- 20 Examination of claims
- 21 Admission or rejection of claims
- 22 Disbursement of money by the Commissioner
- 23 Disbursement of amounts to the Company
- 24 Undisbursed or unclaimed amount to be deposited with the general revenue account
- 25 Act to have overriding effect
- 26 Assumption of liability
- 27 Management to continue to vest in the Custodian until alternative arrangements have been made
- 28 Contracts to cease to have effect unless ratified by the Central Government or the Government company
- 29 Penalties
- 30 Offences by companies
- 31 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 32 Delegation of powers
- 33 Power to make rules
- 34 Power to remove difficulties
- 35 Repeal and saving
