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 8: Payment of further amount.
    (1) For the deprivation of Britannia Engineering Company of the management of the Mokameh unit and for the deprivation or Arthur Butler and Company of the management of the undertakings owned by it, there shall be given, in cash, by the Central Government to the respective company, in addition to the amount specified in section 7, an amount computed at the rate of ten thousand rupees per annum for the period commencing on the date on which the management of such unit or, as the case may be, such undertakings, was taken over by the Central Government under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) and ending with the appointed day.
     (2) In consideration of the retrospective operation of the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 6, there shall also be given, in cash, by the Central Government to Britannia Engineering Company and to Arthur Butler and Company an amount equal to an amount calculated at the rate of ten thousand rupees per annum for the period commencing on the appointed day and ending with the date on which this Act receives the assent of the President.
     (3) The amount specified in section 7 and the amount computed under sub-sections (1) and (2) shall carry simple interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum for the period commencing on the appointed day and ending with the date on which the payment of amount is made by the Central Government to the Commissioner.
     (4) The amounts determined in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall be given to Britannia Engineering Company and to Arthur Butler and Company in addition to the amount specified in the First Schedule.
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