Section 18:
Payment by the Central Government to the Commissioner.
(1) The Central Government
shall, within thirty days from the specified date, pay in cash to the Commissioner, for payment to the
owner of a textile undertaking, an amount equal to the amount specified against the textile undertaking in
the First Schedule and shall also pay to the Commissioner such sums as may be due to the owner of a
textile undertaking under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 9.
(2) In relation to the textile undertakings, the management of which was taken over by the Central
Government under the Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act, 1983 (40 of 1983), there
shall be paid by the Central Government in addition to the amount referred to in sub-section (1), to the
Commissioner, in cash, such amount payable under section 5 of that Act as remains unpaid in relation to
the period commencing on the date on which such management was taken over by the Central
Government and ending on the appointed day.
(3) In relation to the textile undertakings, the management of which was taken over by the Central
Government under the Laxmirattan and Atherton West Cotton Mills (Taking Over of Management) Act,
1976 (98 of 1976), there shall be paid by the Central Government [in addition to the amount referred to in
sub-section (1)], to the Commissioner, in cash, such amount payable under section 5of that Act as remains
unpaid in relation to the period commencing on the date on which such management was taken over by
the Central Government and ending on the appointed day.
(4) A deposit account shall be opened by the Central Government, in favour of the Commissioner, in
the Public Account of India, and every amount paid under this Act to the Commissioner shall be
deposited by him to the credit of the said deposit account in the Public Account of India, and thereafter
the said deposit account shall be operated by the Commissioner.
(5) Separate records shall be maintained by the Commissioner in respect of each textile undertaking
in relation to which payments have been made to him under this Act.
(6) Interest accruing on the amounts standing to the credit of the deposit account referred to in
sub-section (4) shall inure to the benefit of the owners of the textile undertakings.