(1) Every liability, other than the liability
specified in sub-section (2), of each of the two companies in respect of any period prior to the appointed
day, shall be the liability of the concerned company and shall be enforceable against it and not against the
Central Government, or where the undertakings of the two companies vest in an existing, or a new,
Government Company, against such Government company.
(2) Any liability arising in respect of materials supplied to either of the two companies after the
management of its undertakings had been taken over by the Central Government, shall, on and from the
appointed day, be the liability of the Central Government or of the existing, or new, Government
company aforesaid, and shall be discharged by that Government or, as the case may be, the existing, or
new, Government company, as and when repayment for such supplies becomes due and payable.
(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that--
(a) save as otherwise expressly provided in this section or in any other provision of this Act, no
liability, other than the liability specified in sub-section (2), of either of the two companies in relation
to its undertakings in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be enforceable against the
Central Government, or, where the undertakings of the two companies vest in an existing, or a new,
Government company, against such Government company;
(b) no award, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority in relation to the
undertakings of either of the two companies, passed on or after the appointed day, in respect of any
matter, claim or dispute, not being a matter, claim or dispute in relation to any matter referred to in
sub-section (2), which arose before that day, shall be enforceable against the Central Government, or
where the undertakings of the two companies vest in an existing, or a new, Government company,
against such Government company;
(c) no liability incurred by either of the two companies before the appointed day, for the
contravention of any provision of law for the time being in force, shall be enforceable against the,
Central Government, or, where the undertakings of the two companies vest in an existing, or a new,
Government company, against such Government company.