Act Number: 71

Act Name: The Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1982

Year: 1982

Enactment Date: 1982-11-13

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Andhra Scientific Company 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 continuity of production of scientific instruments which are vital to the needs of the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Defence Production

Section 9: Management, etc., of the undertakings of the Company.
    (1)The general superintendence, direction, control and management of the affairs and business of the undertakings of the Company, the right, title and interest in relation to which have vested in the Central Government under section 3, shall,--
         (a) where a direction has been made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 6, vest in the Government company specified in such direction; or
         (b) where no such direction has been made by the Central Government, vest in one or more Custodians appointed by the Central Government under sub-section (2),
     and thereupon the Government company so specified or the Custodian or Custodians so appointed, as the case may be, shall be entitled to exercise, to the exclusion of all other persons, all such powers and do all such things as the Company is authorised to exercise and do in relation to its undertakings.
     (2) The Central Government may appoint one or more individuals or a Government company as the Custodian or Custodians of the undertakings of the Company in relation to which no direction has been made by it under sub-section (1) of section 6.
     (3) The Custodian or Custodians so appointed shall receive, from the funds of the undertakings of the Company, such remuneration as the Central Government may fix and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government.
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