Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1977

Year: 1977

Enactment Date: 1977-12-20

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of Messrs. Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited for the purpose of ensuring the continuity of production of goods which are vital to the needs of the Railways and of the industries manufacturing engineering products and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Department: Department of Heavy Industry

Section 11: Duty of persons in charge of management of the undertakings of the Company to deliver all assets, etc.
    .(1) On the vesting of the management of the undertakings of the Company in the Braithwaite and Company Limited, all persons in charge of the management of the undertakings of the Company immediately before such vesting shall be bound to deliver to the Braithwaite and Company Limited all assets, books of account, registers or other documents in their custody relating to the undertakings of such Company.
     (2) The Central Government may issue such directions as it may deem desirable in the circumstances of the case to the Braithwaite and Company Limited as to its powers and duties and the Braithwaite and Company Limited may also, if it so desires, apply to the Central Government at any time for instructions as to the manner in which the management of the undertakings of the Company shall be conducted by it or in relation to any other matter arising in the course of such management.
     (3) On the vesting of the management of the undertakings of the Company in a Government company, the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall apply to, or in relation to, the Government company as they apply to, or in relation to, the Braithwaite and Company Limited, subject to the modification that the references to the Braithwaite and Company Limited shall be construed as references to the Government company.
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