Act Number: 62

Act Name: The Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-12-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the jute companies, specified in the First Schedule with a view to securing the proper management of such undertakings so as to subserve the interests of the general public by ensuring the continued manufacture, production and distribution of articles made of jute, which are essential to the needs of the economy of the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Textiles

Department:

Section 15: Payment by Central Government to the Commissioner.
    (1) The Central Government shall, within thirty days from the specified date, pay in cash to the Commissioner, for payment to every jute company,--
         (a) an amount equal to the amount specified against the name of that company in the First Schedule;
         (b) a further amount equal to the amount payable to that company under section 8.
     (2) A deposit account shall be opened by the Central Government in favour of the Commissioner in the Public Account of India, and every amount paid under this Act to the Commissioner shall be deposited by him to the credit of the said deposit account and the said deposit account shall be operated by the Commissioner.
     (3) Separate records shall be maintained by the Commissioner in respect of each of the jute companies in relation to which payment has been made to him under this Act.
     (4) Interest accruing on the amount in relation to a jute company standing to the credit of the deposit account referred to in sub-section (2) shall ensure to the benefit of such jute company.
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