Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act : CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENT COMPANY NOT TO BE LIABLE FOR

Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act,1973

Act No : 62

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

SECTION 07: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENT COMPANY NOT TO BE LIABLE FOR PRIOR LIABILITIES

(1) Every liability of the company in relation to the Konkan passenger ships in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be enforceable against it and not against the Central Government or the Government Company.
(2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that-

(a) no claim for wages, provident fund, pension, gratuity, cesses, taxes or wharfage or any other dues in respect of any period prior to the appointed day in relation to the Konkan passenger ships shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company;

(b) no award, decree or order of any Court, tribunal or other authority in relation to the Konkan passenger ships or any of them, whether passed before or after the appointed day, in relation to any matter, claim or dispute which arose before the appointed day shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company;

(c) no liability for the contravention of any provision of law for the time being in force, made before the appointed day, shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company.