Act Number: 55

Act Name: The Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984

Year: 1984

Enactment Date: 1984-08-23

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited with a view to securing the better utilisation of the available infrastructure thereof, to modernise and increase the capacity for ship building and ship repairing so as to reduce the import of ships, vessels and craft and to augment the production of grey iron, non-ferrous and alloy castings by the said undertakings so as to subserve the interests of the general public by ensuring the continued supply of the said articles which are essential to the needs of the economy of the country, and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 16: 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 Company--
         (a) an amount equal to the amount specified in section 8, and
         (b) an amount equal to the amount payable to the Company under section 9.
     (2) 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 and the said deposit account shall be operated by the Commissioner.
     (3) Records shall be maintained by the Commissioner in respect of the undertakings of the Company in relation to which payment has been made to him under this Act.
     (4) The interest accruing on the amount standing to the credit of the deposit account referred to in sub-section (2) shall ensure to the benefit of the Company.
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