Section 19
Priority of claims.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the right, title and interest of the undertakings of Britannia Engineering Company in relation to the Mokameh unit owned by it and the right, title and interest of Arthur Butler and Company in relation to the undertakings owned by it, with a view to ensuring the continued manufacture of railway wagons and other goods essential to the needs of the country in general and the Railways in particular, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The claims arising out of the matters specified in the Second Schedule shall
have priorities in accordance with the following principles, namely:--
(a) category I shall have precedence over all categories and category II shall have precedence over category III and so on;
(b) the claims specified in each of the categories, except category IV, shall rank equally and be paid in full, but if the amount is insufficient to meet such claims in full, they shall abate in equal proportion and be paid accordingly;
(c) the liabilities specified in category IV shall be discharged subject to the priorities specified in this section in accordance with the terms of the secured loan and the priority inter se, of such loans; and
(d) the question of discharging any liability with regard to a matter specified in a lower category shall arise only if a surplus is left after meeting all the liabilities specified in the immediately higher category.
(a) category I shall have precedence over all categories and category II shall have precedence over category III and so on;
(b) the claims specified in each of the categories, except category IV, shall rank equally and be paid in full, but if the amount is insufficient to meet such claims in full, they shall abate in equal proportion and be paid accordingly;
(c) the liabilities specified in category IV shall be discharged subject to the priorities specified in this section in accordance with the terms of the secured loan and the priority inter se, of such loans; and
(d) the question of discharging any liability with regard to a matter specified in a lower category shall arise only if a surplus is left after meeting all the liabilities specified in the immediately higher category.