Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act : CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR

Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act,1983

Act No : 41

Section : CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR ANDREW YULE NOT TO BE LIABLE FOR PRIOR LIABILITIES

SECTION 05: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR ANDREW YULE NOT TO BE LIABLE FOR PRIOR LIABILITIES

(1) Every liability of the Company in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be the liability of the Company and shall be enforce- able against it and not against the Central Government, or where the undertakings of the Company are directed under S. 6 to vest in Andrew Yule, against Andrew Yule.

(2) 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 of the Company in respect of any period prior to the appointed day, shall be enforceable against the Central Government or, where the undertakings of the Company are directed under section 6 -to vest in Andrew Yule, against Andrew Yule;

(b) no award, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority in relation to the undertakings of the Company, passed after the appointed day in respect of any matter, claim or dispute which arose before that day, shall be enforceable against the Central
Government, or, where the undertakings of the Company are directed under section 6 -to vest in Andrew Yule, against Andrew Yule;

(c) no liability incurred by the Company before the appointed day, for the contravention of a provision of any law for the time being in force, shall be enforceable against the Central Government, or, where the undertakings of the company are directed under section 6-to vest in Andrew Yule against Andrew Yule.