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 23: Disbursement of amounts to Britannia Engineering Company and Arthur Butler and Company.
    (1) If out of the monies paid to him in relation to the Mokameh unit or in relation to any undertaking owned by Arthur Butler and Company there is a balance left after meeting the liabilities as specified in the Second Schedule, the Commissioner shall disburse such balance to Britannia Engineering Company, or as the case may be, to Arthur Butler and Company.
     (2) Where the possession of any machinery, equipment or other property has vested in the Central Government or the Government company under this Act, but such machinery, equipment or other property does not belong to Britannia Engineering Company or, as the case may be, Arthur Butler and Company, it shall be lawful for the Central Government to continue to possess such machinery or equipment or other property on the same terms and conditions under which they were possessed by Britannia Engineering Company or, as the case may be, Arthur Butler and Company, immediately before the appointed day.
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