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Section 17: Certain powers of the Central Government or Government company.

The National Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980Central Act · Act 42 of 1980

(1) The Central Government or the existing, or new, Government company, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive up to the specified date, to the exclusion of all other persons, any money due to the Company, in relation to any of the undertakings owned by it which have vested in the Central Government or such Government company, and realised after the appointed day, notwithstanding that the realisation pertains to a period prior to the appointed day.

(2) The Central Government or the existing, or new, Government company, as the case may be, may make a claim to the Commissioner with regard to every payment made by that Government or Government company, after the appointed day, for discharging any liability of the Company in respect of any of the undertakings owned by it, in relation to any period prior to the appointed day; and every such claim shall have priority in accordance with the priorities attaching under this Act, to the matter in relation to which such liability has been discharged by the Central Government or the Government company.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the liabilities of the Company in relation to any of the undertakings owned by it, in respect of any transaction prior to the appointed day, which have not been discharged on or before the specified date, shall be the liabilities of the Company.

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ActThe National Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980
Section17
Marginal noteCertain powers of the Central Government or Government company.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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