Lawgist26Assumption of liability
(1) Where any liability of the Company arising out of any item specified in any category in Part I of the Schedule is not discharged fully by the Commissioner out of the amounts paid to him under this Act, the Commissioner shall intimate in writing to the Central Government the extent of the liability which remains undischarged and that liability shall be assumed by the Central Government.
(2) The Central Government may, by order, direct the existing, or new, Government company in which the undertakings of the Company become vested by virtue of any direction made under sub-section (1) of section 5 or declaration made under sub-section (1) of section 6, to take over the liability assumed by the Central Government under sub-section (1), and on receipt of such direction, it shall be the duty of such existing, or new, Government company to discharge such liability.
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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
