Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1978

Year: 1978

Enactment Date: 1978-12-08

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the right, title and interest of the undertakings of Britannia Engineering Company in relation to the Mokameh unit owned by it and the right, title and interest of Arthur Butler and Company in relation to the undertakings owned by it, with a view to ensuring the continued manufacture of railway wagons and other goods essential to the needs of the country in general and the Railways in particular, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Railways

Department:

Section 7: Payment of amount.
    (1) For the transfer to, and vesting in, the Central Government, under section 3,--
         (a) of the Mokameh unit and the right, title and interest of Britannia Engineering Company, in relation to that unit; and
         (b) of the undertakings owned by Arthur Butler and Company, and the right, title and interest of Arthur Butler and Company, in relation to those undertakings,
there shall be given by the Central Government to Britannia Engineering Company and Arthur Butler and Company, in cash and in the manner specified in Chapter V1, an amount equal to the amount specified, respectively, in the First Schedule, against Britannia Engineering Company and Arthur Butler and Company.
     (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the liabilities of--
         (i) Britannia Engineering Company, in relation to the Mokameh unit, and
         (ii) Arthur Butler and Company, in relation to the undertakings owned by it,
shall be met, in accordance with the rights and interests of the creditors of the respective company from the amount due, respectively, to Britannia Engineering Company and Arthur and Company, under sub-section (1).
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