Section 12
Duty of persons to account for assets, etc., in their possession.
The Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited (Nationalisation) Act, 1984
About this Act
An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Inchek Tyres Limited and the National Rubber Manufacturers Limited, with a view to securing the proper management of such undertakings so as to subserve the interests of the general public by ensuring the continued manufacture, production and distribution of tyres, tubes and other rubber goods which are essential to the needs of the economy of the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Any person who has, on
the appointed day, in his possession or under his control any assets, books, documents or other papers
relating to the undertakings owned by either of the two companies, which have vested in the Central
Government or in an existing, or a new, Government company under this Act, shall be liable to account
for the said assets, books, documents and other papers to the Central Government or the existing, or new,
Government company, as the case may be, and shall deliver them to the Central Government or the
existing, or new, Government company or to such person or persons as the Central Government or the
existing, or new, Government company may specify in this behalf.
(2) The Central Government or the Government company aforesaid may take, or cause to be taken, all necessary steps for securing possession of the undertakings of the two companies which have vested in the Central Government or the Government company under this Act.
(3) The two companies shall, within such period as the Central Government may allow in this behalf, furnish to that Government a complete inventory of all their properties and assets, as on the appointed day, pertaining to the undertakings which have vested in the Central Government under section 3, and, for this purpose, the Central Government or the Government company aforesaid shall afford to the two companies all reasonable facilities.
(2) The Central Government or the Government company aforesaid may take, or cause to be taken, all necessary steps for securing possession of the undertakings of the two companies which have vested in the Central Government or the Government company under this Act.
(3) The two companies shall, within such period as the Central Government may allow in this behalf, furnish to that Government a complete inventory of all their properties and assets, as on the appointed day, pertaining to the undertakings which have vested in the Central Government under section 3, and, for this purpose, the Central Government or the Government company aforesaid shall afford to the two companies all reasonable facilities.