(1) The general superintendence, direction, control and management of the affairs and business of the undertakings owned by the Company, the right, title and interest in relation to which have vested in the Central Government under section 3, shall,--
(a) where a direction has been made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 5, vest, on and from the date, specified in such direction, in the existing Government company specified therein; or
(b) where a declaration has been made under sub-section (1) of section 6, vest, on and from the date of such declaration, in the new Government company specified therein; or
(c) where no direction referred to in clause (a) or declaration referred to in clause (b) has been made, vest, on and from the appointed day, in one or more Custodians appointed by the Central Government under sub-section (2),
and thereupon the existing, or new, Government company or the Custodian or Custodians so appointed, as the case may be, shall be entitled to exercise, to the exclusion of all other persons, all such powers and do all such things as the Company is authorised to exercise and do in relation to the undertakings owned by it.
(2) The Central Government may appoint one or more individuals or a Government company as the Custodian or Custodians of the undertakings of the Company in relation to which no direction has been made by it under sub-section (1) of section 5 or no declaration has been made by it under sub-section (1) of section 6, and the Custodian or Custodians so appointed shall receive, from the funds of the undertakings, such remuneration as may be specified by the Central Government.
(3) The Custodian or Custodians of the undertakings of the Company shall maintain an account of the undertakings of the Company in such form and manner and under such conditions as may be prescribed, and the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), shall apply to the audit of the accounts so maintained as they apply to the audit of the accounts of a company.