(1) Any person who has, on the appointed day, in his possession or under his control any assets, books, documents or other papers relating to any undertaking owned by the two companies, which have vested in the Central Government or in Government companies under this Act, and which belong to the two companies, or would have so belonged, if the undertakings owned by the two companies had not vested in the Central Government or such Government companies, shall be liable to account for the said assets, books, documents and other papers to the Central Government or the Government companies and shall deliver them up to the Central Government or such Government companies or to such person or persons as the Central Government or the concerned Government company may specify in this behalf.
     (2) The Central Government or the Government companies aforesaid may take or cause to be taken all necessary steps for securing possession of the undertakings of the two companies which have vested in the Central Government or the Government companies under this Act.
     (3) The two companies shall within such period as the Central Government may allow in this behalf, furnish to that Government a complete inventory of all their properties and assets, as on the appointed day, pertaining to the undertakings which have vested in the Central Government under section 3, and, for this purpose, the Central Government or the Government companies aforesaid shall afford to the two companies all reasonable facilities.