(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 mattar, claim or dispute which prose 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.
8. "CO Notwithstanding any decree, judgment or order of any court or anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or In any contract or other instrument, the company or any other person having possession of the Konkan passenger ships, shall deliver possession of such ships to the Central Government or the Government company forthwith.
(2) The Central Government may take or cause to be taken all necessary steps for securing possession of the Konkan passenger ships, the ownership of which has vested in it under section 3.
(3) Any person having in his possession, custody or control any books, documents or other papers relating to the Konkan passenger ships shall be liable to account for the said books, documents or other papers to the Central Government or to such person as that Government may specify in this behalf:
Provided that where common books, documents or other papers are maintained by the company in relation to the Konkan passenger ships and other ships, copies of so- much of the books, documents and other papers as relate to the Konkan passenger ships shall be delivered forthwith to the Central Government or the person specified by that Government.
Central Government or Government company not to be liable for prior liabilities.
Duty to deliver possession of Konkan passenger ships.
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9. The company shall, within such period as the Central Government may allow in this behalf, furnish to that Government a complete inventory, as on the appointed day, of the assets, instruments, apparatus and all other properties, whether on board or on the shores or elsewhere, in relation to the Konkan passenger ships.
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