Section 17:
Certain powers of the Central Government or Government company.
(1) The Central
Government or the existing, or new, 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 any of the undertakings owned by it which have vested in the Central Government or such
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 existing, or new, 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 respect of
any of the undertakings owned by it, 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 relation to any of the
undertakings owned by it, 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.
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