Section 17:
Certain powers of the Central Government or Government company.
(1) The Central
Government or the Government company, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive, up to the
specified date, to the exclusion of all other persons, any money due to the Company in relation to its
undertakings which have vested in the Central Government or the Government company, and realised
after the appointed day, notwithstanding that the realisation pertains to a period prior to the appointed day.
(2) The Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be, may make a claim to
the Commissioner with regard to every payment made by that Government or Government company after
the appointed day, for discharging any liability of the Company in relation to any period prior to the
appointed day, and every such claim shall have priority, in accordance with the priorities attaching under
this Act, to the matter in relation to which such liability has been discharged by the Central Government
or the Government company.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the liabilities of the Company in respect of any transaction
prior to the appointed day, which have not been discharged on or before the specified date shall be the
liabilities of the Company.