3. Transfer to and vesting in the Central Government of the undertakings of the Company.
On the appointed day, the undertakings of the Company, and the right, title and interest of the Company in relation to its undertakings, shall, by virtue of this Act, stand transferred to, and shall vest, in, the Central Government.
4. General effect of vesting.
(1)
The undertakings of the Company referred to in section 3 shall be deemed to include all assets, rights, lease-holds, powers, authorities and privileges, and all property, movable and immovable, including, lands, buildings, workshops, stores, instruments, machinery and equipment, bank balances, cash balances, cash on hand, reserve funds, investments and book debts and all other rights and interests in, or arising out of, such property as were immediately before the appointed day, in the ownership, possession, power or control of the Company, whether within or outside India, and all books of account, registers and all other documents of whatever nature relating thereto and shall be deemed to include the liabilities and obligations specified in sub-section (2) of section 5.
(2)
All property as aforesaid which have vested in the Central Government under section 3 shall, by force of such vesting, be freed and discharged from any trust, obligation, mortgage, charge, lien and all other encumbrances affecting them, and any attachment, injunction, decree or order of any court, tribunal, officer or other authority restricting the use of such property in any manner shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(3)
Where any licence or other instrument in relation to the undertakings of the Company had been granted at any time before the appointed day, the Company by the Central Government, a State Government or any other authority, the Central Government, the State Government of Gujarat of, as the case may be, the Government company in which the right, title and interest of the Company in relation to its undertakings have vested under section 7, shall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to be substituted in such licence or other instrument in place of the Company referred to therein as if such licence or other instrument had been granted to it and shall hold such licence or the undertakings or any part thereof specified in such other instrument for the remainder of the period for which the Company would have held such licence or undertakings or any part thereof under such other instrument.
(4)
Every mortgagee of any property which has vested under this Act in the Central Government and every person holding any charge, lien or other interest in, or in relation to, any such property, shall give, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, an intimation to the Commissioner of such mortgage, charge, lien or other interest.
(5)
For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the mortgagee of any property referred to in sub-section (4) or any other person holding any charge, lien or other interest in, or in relation to, any such property shall be entitled to claim, in accordance with his rights and interests, payment of the mortgage money or other dues, in whole or in part, out of the amount specified in section 8, and also out of the monies determined under section 9, but no such mortgage, charge, lien or other interest shall be enforceable against any property which has vested in the Central Government.
(6)
If, on the appointed day, any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature in relation to any matter specified in sub-section (2) of section 5 in respect of the undertakings of the Company instituted or preferred by or against the Company is pending, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or be, in any way, prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer of the undertakings of the Company or of anything contained in this Act, but the suit, appeal or other proceeding may be continued, or the State Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed, under section 7, vest in a Government company, that Government company.
5. Company to be liable for certain prior liabilities.
(1)
Every liability, other than the liability specified in sub-section (2), of the Company in respect of any period prior to the appointed day, shall be the liability of the Company and shall be enforceable against it and not against the Central Government, or the State Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed, under section 7, to vest in a Government company, against that Government company.
(2)
Any liability arising in respect of--
(a)
loans advanced by the Central Government or the State Government, or both, to the Company (together with interest due thereon), on or after the after of taking over;
(b)
loans advanced by a bank to the Company (together with interest due thereon) on or after the date of taking over [but excluding loans advanced, on or after such date, by a bank to the Company to the extent such loans have been utilised by the Company for the repayment of, or the payment of interest on, secured loans advanced to the Company by a bank at any time before such date] [Inserted by Act 50 of 1980, Section 2 (retrospectively) ];
(c)
loans advanced by the Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India Limited to the Company (together with interest due thereon) on or after the date of taking over;
(d)
wages, salaries and other dues of employees of the Company and the dues on amount of any deduction made from wages and salaries and other dues of employees, relating to any period commencing on and from the date of taking over;
(e)
any debt incurred by the Company during any period commencing on and from the date of taking over, not being a debt falling under clause (a), clause (b), clause (c) or clause (d) or specified in Category I of the Schedule, shall, on and from the appointed day, be the liability of the Central Government, or the State Government, or the Government company aforesaid and shall be discharged by the Central Government or the State Government, or the Government company aforesaid as and when repayment of such loans becomes due or as and when such wages, salaries and other dues and debt become due and payable.
(3)
For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that -
(a)
save as otherwise expressly provided in this section or in any other provision of this Act, no liability, including any liability arising out of any guarantee given by the State Government in respect of any loan or advance given to the Company but not including the liability specified in sub-section (2), of the Company in relation to its undertaking in respect of any period prior to the appointed day, shall be enfroceable against the Central Government, or the State Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed, under section 7, to vest in a Government company, against that Government company;
(b)
no award, decree or order or any court, tribunal, officer or other authority in relation to the undertakings of the Company, passed after the appointed day, in respect of any matter, claim or dispute, not being matter, claim or dispute in relation to any matter referred to in sub-section (2), which arose before that day, shall be enfroceable against the Central Government, or the State Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed, under section 7, to vest in a Government company, against that Government company;
(c)
no liability incurred by the Company before the appointed day, for the contravention of any provision of law for the time being in force, shall be enforceable against the Central Government, or the State Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed, under section 7, to vest in a Government company, against that Government company.
6. Vesting of the undertakings of the Company in the State Government of Gujarat.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4, the Central Government shall, as soon may be, after the commencement of this Act, direct, by notification that the undertakings of the Company, and the right, title and interest of the Company in relation to its undertakings, which have vested in the Central Government as are specified in sub-section (2) of section 5, shall, instead of continuing to vest in the Central Government, vest in the State Government of Gujarat either on the date of the notification or on such earlier or later date (not being a date earlier than the appointed day) as may be specified in the notification.
(2)
Where the r right, title and interest of the Company in relation to its undertakings and the liabilities of the Company specified in sub-section (2) of section 5 vest in the State Government under sub-section (1), the State Government shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the owner in relation to such undertakings, and all the rights and liabilities of the Central Government in relation to such undertakings shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the rights and liabilities, respectively, of the State Government.
7. Power to State Government direct vesting of the undertakings of the Company in a Government Company.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, 4 and 6, the State Government may, if it is satisfied that a Government company is willing to comply, or has complied, with such terms and conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, direct, by notification, that the undertakings of the Company, and the right, title and interest of the Company as relation to its undertakings and such of the liabilities of the Company as are specified in sub-section (2) of section 5, which have vested in the Central Government under section 3 and thereafter in the State Government under section 6, shall, instead of continuing to vest in the State Government, vest in the Government company either on the date of the notification or on such earlier or later date (not being a date earlier than the appointed day) as may be specifie d in the notification.
(2)
Where the right, title and interest, and the liabilities specified in sub-section (2) of section 5, of the Company in relation to its undertakings vest in a Government company, under sub-section (1), the Government company shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the owner in relation to such undertakings, and all the rights and liabilities of the Central Government or the State Government in relation to such undertakings shall, on and from the date of such vesting, be deemed to have become the rights and liabilities, respectively, of the Government company